Sasha Grey, Porn Star, Reads To Elementary School, Parents Outraged

[Galraedia]

How would you feel if an adult film star read to your seven year old child? Believe it or not, some parents in California are pretty angry that it happened in their kids' classroom.

Porn legend Sasha Grey was a guest reader at Emerson Elementary School in Compton, California earlier this month, joining first and third grade students in their Read Across America day. Grey certainly enjoyed the experience, tweeting, "Spent the am with Read Across America Compton, reading to the sweetest 1st & 3rd grade students @ Emerson Elementary!"

The problem, TMZ reports, is that parents aren't happy -- and that school officials, instead of addressing the issue, are claiming it never happened. Of course, it'd be silly for Grey to tweet about it if it hadn't happened, and more importantly, TMZ has a photo of the event (as they always seem to do).


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/11/sasha-grey-porn-star-read_n_1088017.html

Also, here are some of the pictures: http://www.unp.me/f44/sasha-grey-at-emerson-elementary-school-171913/

[quinnox]

1. I know who she is

She has retired from the porn business.

[Gamow]

2. We worship those who pretend to kill people on screen, and demonize the ones who screw?

Our puritanical roots at their finest.

[Ken Burch]

4. There was an old comment on the movie rating system, attributed to somebody

in the Hollywood power structure:

"If you kiss a tit, it's an 'R'
If you cut it off, it's a 'PG'".

Lenny Bruce also made a comment about this by making a reference to "the sort of guy who'd KILL his own sister"-because, in the eyes of a lot of people, sibling murder was less immoral than incest(just try to figure out the moral pretzel logic on THAT one).

[marmar]

31. True. If Bruce "Yippee-kay-yay Mutherfucker" Willis had done the reading.....

..... the parents would have been doing backflips.

[Ken Burch]

3. Would they have been pissed off if Mary Magdalene showed up to read?

She was pretty much the Sasha Grey of the New Testament, from what I've heard.

[DRoseDARs]

6. If past is prologue, then yes. nt

[Response]

10. That is not necessarily true.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week712/feature.html

WILLIAMS: Nothing in the New Testament says she was a prostitute. Luke writes that Jesus casts seven demons from her, after which she joins his disciples and provides for them. She witnesses the crucifixion from the foot of the cross, the male disciples having fled. And she was the first witness to the resurrection and was sent by Jesus to tell his other disciples of his return.

How did Mary Magdalene, the pivotal player in Christianity's defining moment, come to be so maligned? At the end of the 6th century, Pope Gregory the Great gave a sermon in which he characterized Mary Magdalene as a harlot.

Dr. KING: He tells us exactly how he did it -- by aligning her with the "sinful woman" in Luke, with Mary of Bethany in John, and with the Mary in -- from whom seven devils were ejected to produce this Mary, the prostitute.

WILLIAMS: Mary Magdalene became the patron saint of fallen women. Historians don't agree on why Pope Gregory did it. To simplify things? To create a figure that would show the redemptive and transforming nature of Christian faith? Or, as King believes, to stifle the legend of a strong female leader?

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

5. Toni Morrison wasn't available?

What does this woman conceivably have to say to anybody?

[Le Taz Hot]

11. Damn!

We pass judgment on people for their profession and not on their actions? I don't even know this place anymore.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Presumably, she can read, so she can read to kids

and she can have sex, which is how you get kids in the first place.

I'm sorry, I'm just not feeling the outrage. Would you be mad if, say, Muhammad Ali was reading to kids? Personally, I think sex between consenting adults is a more respectable activity than beating the crap out of people. But maybe that's just me.

[DRoseDARs]

7. I remember reading about some gay porn actor who had retired from that and became a subst teacher.

Yep, parents flipped the fuck out. :eyes:

[mike_c]

8. does anyone really think it made a damned bit of difference to the kids...

...listening to the story she read. Sheesh. People need to worry about more important stuff.

[Historic NY]

9. There is no way one could possibly discern she was a porn star unless they watched her...

films...she looks like a college intern.

[Ken Burch]

15. I think it's more about refusing to accept that anyone who did that sort of films

could ever do anything positive with their lives after that.

I think these parents want anyone who was ever in adult entertainment to be stigmatized for the sake of being stigmatized.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

42. Perhaps they just need to wear a Scarlet "P" for the rest of their lives too!

:eyes:

Also, I'd like to know just how many of these parents happened to know she was a porn star? I never heard of her before let alone know that she was a former porn star. I mean, you gotta wonder.........;-)

[seabeyond]

18. or someone told them.... out of all the times this story posted, not once

has it been mentioned why the parents know.

read day, the parent isnt even there. someone comes in and reads to the child. the kids are not gonna even tell the parents someone read to them, let alone the name. but if they remember, Ms grey isnt enough even told.

so, who told the parents? a little created drama and exposure created by the woman?

[redqueen]

22. Haha, you're probably right! (nt)

[seabeyond]

24. this is the third thread i have seen. the ONLY way anyone knew was some father recognized. absurd

when have any parent even been told about read day. we might hear from the kid that is what happened, when picked up. but probably, not even then. not like the parents all go to the school and hang out while child is being read to.

[redqueen]

29. What amazes me is thr apparent lack of cynicism...

which is on display any time any other celebrity pulls a stunt like this.

She got on the view to spout about how wonderful porn is as a result of this "news story"

[LoZoccolo]

36. What positive thing did she say about porn?

And why would she do that when she is retired?

[SidDithers]

32. Maybe some mother recognized her...

I hear that sometimes couples watch porn together. I even hear that some women enjoy porn on their own.

Or maybe people found out about it after the fact because Grey tweeted that spent the day reading to kids.

Sid

[Rex]

49. A female watching porn? Absurd! Only MEN indulge in self-indulgence!

It is a WELL KNOWN FACT! :sarcasm:

[Goblinmonger]

74. or mother.

It's not just men that watch porn, for goodness sake.

[tammywammy]

23. Or something as simple as a paper sent home with the kids saying

"Sasha Grey read to the students today as part of the guest reader program."

A simple Google of her name brings up her Wikipedia page.

[redqueen]

26. This story has been posted repeatedly

for days.

In every account it is claimed that she wasn't named at all, or that she used her real name.

[tammywammy]

27. I see

I haven't been following this, since it seems like much ado over nothing.

[redqueen]

30. Oh it definitely is much ado about nothing. (nt)

[Warren DeMontague]

73. I know

I wish the ex-porn-star who stubbornly refuses to parrot the appropriate patriarchy-blaming anti-porn line would just go away, already... don't you?

[seabeyond]

28. if she was headliner and this much made out of it, then someone would

have stopped before. as likely as a paper going out to parents.

no one recognized her and thought her an issue, hence getting into the school in the first place. so, her twitter gets things kicked off to inform the parents and stir up controversy. yea her. use the kids.

just as likely

[LoZoccolo]

35. Why would she want drama and exposure? n/t

[seabeyond]

37. seriously? nt

[LoZoccolo]

39. It shouldn't take you long to explain; let's hear it. n/t

[seabeyond]

40. no. your question is beyond stupid. nt

[LoZoccolo]

46. "no. your question is beyond stupid." n/t

[Rex]

48. Actually that is a great question.

Why would she want all that exposure? She is a pornstar, not a hollywood superstar.

[redqueen]

52. She is retired from starring in porn, and is trying to be a serious actress.

Yes, why in the world would she ever blow her real-name or unnamed cover at this secret appearance by tweeting about which school she was reading to people's kids at?

Oh, it's a puzzler, all right. :rofl:

I'm sure it couldn't have been that she just wanted to get her name in the papers and get some national tv-show appearances.

[Rex]

53. Well there is your answer LoZ

She must be working toward a show on SyFi. Like past famous female, porno stars.

[LoZoccolo]

56. The implication being, she shouldn't be allowed to change her image. n/t

[seabeyond]

58. how well is it working for her as the men on these 4 or 5 threads talking about wanking off as she

reads to the kids?

why are you not concerned and lecturing these men for not "letting" her move on?

how does that make any of you any better.

[LoZoccolo]

60. I hadn't seen that. n/t

[seabeyond]

62. NO way..... are fuckin serious. really? lmfao. nt

[LoZoccolo]

64. "NO way..... are fuckin serious. really? lmfao." n/t

[Rex]

67. That doesn't make any sense.

"how does that make any of you any better."

WTF? Was that a question or a statement? :rofl:

[seabeyond]

68. you so consistently stay with adolescent. nt

[Rex]

71. That makes less sense.

I think what LoZ said might be the truth of the matter. If your reply is any evidence of that, I cannot say for sure.

[Rex]

69. Right, because her current lifestyle clashes with posters opinion

of what is right. I think you are on to something.

[seabeyond]

70. because so many men are on these threads talking about jacking off as she reads to them.

who is it not allowing her to put her past in the past?

[Rex]

72. Seriously, can you show ONE post that states your claim?

Seems like YOU are not letting her put her past in the past. Sorry if that disturbs you.

[wickerwoman]

47. Good point. Porn stars are notorious for hiding their light under a bushel.

[seabeyond]

51. twittering fans what she did and what school is hiding? nt

[LoZoccolo]

55. I'm not saying that she's hiding.

I'm just wondering what she would get out of the "drama and exposure" of the situation.

[seabeyond]

57. she is on a tv show or something, isnt she? isnt the point of becoming famous, to put oneself out

there?

or she is just really stupid and doesnt get ramifications of being xporn going to a school to read for kids.

surely she is not so naive (in her world of porn) that there would not be issues

she could have easily done the read, enjoyed what she did and gave the kids and left it at that.

[LoZoccolo]

59. Does she deserve all the scorn?

I'm not asking if it was predictable that people would give it to her; I'm asking: do you think that treating her that way is good for society?

[seabeyond]

61. is treating her like her only worth is to make sure men get off, any better? nt

[LoZoccolo]

63. No. And your answer? n/t

[seabeyond]

66. i dont have a problem with anyone reading to children, as long as they dont bring it to the kids

world. it appears she used the kids for her purpose, or as i say, incredibly naive. she does have a real name. it is not her porn name. she could have read to the kids with no problem. i dont feel any empathy if her goal was to obtain exactly this. how silly to waste energy when she is getting exactly what she wants.

isnt silly?

as far as what society deems appropriate? not my call.

[jtuck004]

13. Frankly, I would worry far less than if it was a certain coach from Penn State reading to them. /nt

[Johonny]

43. Football people you can trust

its those porn stars you have worry about. ;-)

[Beartracks]

14. What exactly do they fear? Porn kooties? Get real.

A woman came to the classroom and read stories to the children. Nothing more.

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[HughBeaumont]

21. Well, because she's going to read with her hoo-hah.

:rofl:

Yeah, don't really get the outrage myself.

[chelsea0011]

16. And in another side story, the school is trying to figure out why more

fathers than usual, also signed up to volunteer at the school the same day as Sasha Grey.:sarcasm:

[smokey nj]

17. Unless she wore a "Porn Star" t-shirt and read to the kids from Penthouse Forum, I don't

get why this would be so upsetting.

[and-justice-for-all]

19. uh, do those kids know what she does??

I dont think they do, so whats the big deal?

"Spent the am with Read Across America Compton, reading to the sweetest 1st & 3rd grade students @ Emerson Elementary!" Good for her.

[hifiguy]

38. +1

There's no way any kid in that class would have known who she was or her past occupation. So just what is the big deal?

[mmonk]

20. Anyone who takes the time to help school children should be lauded, not criticized.

[Township75]

25. I pissed because she read to those school children and didn't come to my place to read a bed time...

story

:(

[no_hypocrisy]

33. Unless she was reading "Fanny Hill" or "Lady Chatterley's Lover", why does it matter?

[Lyric]

34. Are they afraid that being a Porn Star is contagious?

:crazy:

[dawg]

41. She did a nice thing.

As long as she wasn't using this as some kind of publicity stunt, there is no reason to criticize.

[dotymed]

44. Most politicians and banksters have

Fucked more people than any porn-star. Yet, IF they took the time to read to children, they would be labeled a great influence.

[WI_DEM]

45. As long as she is fully clothed and not encouraging the kids to go into porn--what's the problem?

[Rex]

50. I guess we should treat anyone that doesn't fit our worldview with

hatred and scorn, I mean that is the liberal way right? We hate people different from us. :sarcasm:

[dembotoz]

54. our schools need all the help they can get. perhaps those complaning should

volunteer their time.

[Catherine Vincent]

65. If I'm reading right, it was TMZ that reported she WAS a porn star?

Why is it that they are always the first to report anything?

[Goblinmonger]

75. Was she having sex when she was reading to them?

Was she naked?

Who the fuck cares? Perhaps they introduced her as someone here to read to them and not "Hey kids, here's a porn start that has sex in movies and she's going to read to you." Jesus.

[SammyWinstonJack]

76. I'd rather have a porn star read to my child than an election stealing chimp

who froze when being told that planes had just crashed in to the WTC.


And how would the kids know who this person was unless they were told and why would anyone tell them?


Should be thanking her for taking the time to volunteer to read to this class.


I would think that volunteers who have the time to do this sort of thing are few and far between. :shrug: