'It's devastating to me that someone's first experience of sex could be a gang-bang scene of mine. Like, that's not OK,' says Akira, 40, from inside a spacious villa at the Sunset Marquis hotel in West Hollywood, where she and other adult stars are getting their hair and makeup done for the seventh annual Pornhub Awards at the nearby Saddle Ranch Chop House. The suite, which features a grand piano currently topped with different styles of fake eyelashes, has the distinct slightly burnt smell of recently straightened hair. A TV plays music videos by Lady Gaga and Avril Lavigne'I'm told a Katy Perry track was mocked relentlessly earlier in the day. Akira, a 5'2'' titan of the industry who, according to the Internet Adult Film Database, has appeared in more than 900 adult films, understands the concerns about minors looking at porn, but she doesn't think it's a problem for her industry to solve. More so, she thinks it's a societal issue that should be addressed with more practical sex...
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