Years Active : — as a performer , — present as a director. A natural born performer who had taken dance lessons since she was three years old, Stoya is also a highly intelligent individual who was homeschooled and acquire her high school diploma before she turned sixteen. As Stoya herself explained within her May Technically Philly interview ;. I was just raised that nerdy. Upon relocating to Philadelphia Stoya undertook a summer program at University of the Arts Philadelphia whilst also working several part-time jobs as a promoter, server and go-go dancer.

Is sex in porn the same as sex in real life? And is it even fair to make that comparison? After a two-minute video, which used food to illustrate the differences between the average person's sex life and the sexual experiences often depicted in pornography, went viral, it set off a fascinating discussion about "porn sex" vs.

Whether feminism and pornography can ever truly be bedfellows is a thorny, contentious issue when it comes to mainstream porn. Adult filmmakers such as Erika Lust are leading the feminist wave of alternative adult content by producing pornography centred on female pleasure and subverting the male gaze. As an adult actress, Stoya has long been considered a feminist icon of alt porn. Physically, she defies the conventions of blonde, big breasted, surgically enhanced and hairless women.