First off, the agency looks a little like they dropped the ball. Someone left all of a sudden, and left them without bookings made and so on. So it takes a while to recover. Clearly, operating an LA area based casting company by remote control isn’t the best way to do things. That a choice, but in choosing that, they have to accept that distance creates fuckups.

Now, on the other side, Brandi Foxx seems like a bit of a hard case to start with. First and foremost, let’s get the racism part out the way. The basic rules of life here is that there is only so much demand for ebony porn girls, especially those who have not crossed over the glam levels and can work anywhere. Her look isn’t terrible, but it’s not suited to many of the productions ongoing or with the themes that they are pushing. Her body type is average, her boobs ain’t big, she’s not glam, and she doesn’t look teen… so the choices are more limited.

In a marketplace that is already somewhat limited because of the general decline of porn, being an average looking ebony girl doesn’t make you anyone’s first choice to work hard. It’s not being racist, it’s reflecting what the public is buying or what the sites and companies want on video.

So perhaps someone filled her head with expectations, perhaps she believes she is hot enough to overcome reality, maybe she thinks she is special – or possibly a great combination thereof. The agency looks like they dropped the ball at least for a few minutes, and the impatient performer flipped out.

Judgement: nobody wins, but everyone loses.

this woman is a nightmare to work with. if any of you beleive she is such a huge victim, please i beg you open up your doors to her, put her in front of the camera. go on ahead and represent her. let this diva into your lives and wait till she drives you crazy.

@NormalAndSane

Thanks for pointing out racist accusation, totally missed it. Saw 18 months in the business, new agent, then her ‘no work’ rant explained that mystery. BAT SHIT CRAZY was jumping off the page by the time her story got to the linens.

@jilted

Have seen up close and personal many of the ways relationships are affected and don’t deny or minimize the reality that sex work is stigmatized and scrutinized. Have also seen relationships that were damaged beyond repair with back and forth accusations that made any possible conflict resolution impossible.

Pointed out Chanel Preston’s comment because the performer and agent both offered their perspective re a conflict at model house. This is on the heels of a performer who accepted what seemed like a good opportunity but wasn’t…these aren’t relationships with people outside the industry who are stigmatizing and scrutinizing sex work…these are people/events & situations within the industry stigmatizing and scrutinizing performers.

Hopefully the panelists will use the series to focus on practical applications of conflict resolution as a means of balancing business/interpersonal relationships while working in a difficult field. Given the numerous free and reduced cost workshops with similar content hosted by other sex-worker groups it seems a bit counter productive for APAC to use their limited meetings for a series of this nature. With their focus on this series it doesn’t leave much room for issues specifically related to Adult Performers that don’t necessarily pertain to other genres of sex-work. IG legally contracted agents, model homes and awards along with those relationships and stressful conflicts they may present.

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What APAC needs is someone like you who has a good grasp of where the shortcomings really are…It isnt how to keep your boyfriend while doing porn, escorting and regular STDs on a monthly basis

This post is perfection…Thank You It really does sum it all up well. feel free to post here anytime your insight and knowledge is valuable to my readers…Thank You

Hi. Legit, big global firm lawyer here (who obviously also loves porn). To answer your question, why are there no lawyers looking out for the talent, it’s simple.

1) This girl couldn’t even come up with $325 to pay a weeks’ rent, how is she (or most of them) going to pay my fees? While a part of me might be down to accept services in lieu of cash, realistically that would only lead to problems for both parties down the line.
2) Am I the only one here who thinks this girl is just a bit crazy? She went without work for one week – ONE week – and already she wanted to cancel her contract. And she waited all of 2 or 3 paragraphs to drop the racism card. Why would I want to deal with that kind of a client? If a client’s going to be high maintenance, and alot of them are, at least they’d better be able to pay their bills on time. Otherwise, it’s just not worth it.

Hope that answers your question.

@Billy,
In the links I provided, as lengthy as they are, there are provisions on how many jobs an agent must procure, in certain time frames, after which the talent can void that contract with no penalty. There are also provisions about voided contracts based on jobs that do not pass legal muster, which is just about every single job these porn agents book for their talent.

I personally know of several performers who have used these provision successfully over the years. None of them are any longer in the industry.

Billy, you mentioned putting provisions in the contract regarding the number of bookings. WHile this looks like a good idea, it would be an illegal provision,. Those standards are already in the law, you cannot put in a provision that supercedes the law.