When the recently broke "Octomom," Nadya Suleman, filed for bankruptcy , nobody was particularly surprised. But when she said she would consider entering the adult film industry to pay her bills, eyebrows were raised. As she told Showbiz Tonight , "If it's a job, and it's a well-paying job, and it's gonna allow me to get us out of here and into a very safe, huge home that the kids deserve, I'm gonna do it. She wouldn't be the first mom to work in the porn industry. Earlier this week, adult film star Alana Evans appeared on the Dr. Drew show to discuss the balance between her controversial line of work and raising her family.

In autumn , Mary Beth rented a car and drove from New York City to Edison, New Jersey for the Exxxotica Expo, an erotic arts convention, to meet women who work in the adult film industry and also have children. At the Exxxotica Expo, she met an actress named Emily Mena, who had a three-year-old daughter and a son on the way. Emily was immediately on board with the photo series and helped put Mary Beth in touch with other porn actresses who also have kids. Together with writer Lauren Lee Huttanbach , who transcribed the interviews and wrote captions for each photo, Mary Beth set about capturing the complex lives of mums who work in porn.

Parenting Writer. If and when we think about the off-duty lives of porn stars , we might think of seedy scenes from movies like Boogie Nights or the more glamorous happily-ever-after of actress-turned-social-media influencers like Jenna Jameson. Koeth began by simply visiting the Exxxotica Expo in New Jersey in and striking up a conversation with women there, pitching them her idea. For one thing, it took quite some time to reach women who were both interested in the idea and willing to be photographed and tell their story. But after two years, her results are riveting and also surprising in their complete normalcy.

For many mothers in porn, coming clean about their personal lives can have benefits. One actress, Marie Williams, even told me her eldest son's friends wanted to come over once they had discovered she worked as a professional MILF. Though this role may feel glamorous, there are serious ramifications for the stars' children. Laurie Betito , a psychologist, sex therapist, and radio show host. It could have repercussions everywhere, depending on the constitution of the child.