I used to fear the impact of making porn in a way I didn’t fear the impact of any other form of sex work. Indeed, in an essay titled “Once You Have Made Pornography,” Lorelei Lee warns, “This job is not forgettable. Once you have done it, anyone who knows you have done it sees a mark on you—believes there is a thing about your personality or life history that is revealed.” If everyone could see my pussy on the internet, what would it say about me? As soon as I was recognized publicly as an artist, my fear waned. I created a context in which any pornography I made could be inflected differently, readymade to be viewed or analyzed through a respectable, institutional lens. I am ashamed that I feel this way, but I do.

Sophia Giovannitti, Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex (2023)