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Candida Royalle’s Fight to Fuse Feminism and Porn Movies

CULTURE WARRIOR

In the porn wars of the ’80s, stripper and filmmaker Candida Royalle took on all sides in a battle that embodied both the promise and the perils of her times.

Jane Kamensky
Jane Kamensky
In the porn wars of the ’80s, stripper and filmmaker Candida Royalle took on all sides in a battle that embodied both the promise and the perils of her times.
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Jane Kamensky

Jane Kamensky

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