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Articles by Holly Randall

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How to Create a Popular Podcast

One of the best business decisions I’ve made in the past few years is starting my podcast, “Holly Randall Unfiltered.”

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The Emergence Of Erotic Art

The past couple of years in the adult industry have been interesting. Though I only started working in this business 13 years ago, due to having grown up with parents who have been in it since before I was born, I’ve been party to seeing the amazing changes that have occurred over the last decade, and none so fast as when the Internet was introduced.

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New Kid in Town

Since I launched HollyRandall.com about seven months ago, I’ve been voraciously devouring any and all online reviews on my website. Thankfully, overall they’ve been incredibly positive, with one main criticism that even the reviewer admits is understandable: the amount of content available.

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Shooting Fetish Content

Since I launched HollyRandall.com some months ago, I've been voraciously devouring any and all online reviews on my website. Thankfully, overall they've been incredibly positive, with one main criticism that even the reviewer admits is understandable: the amount of content available.

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Dreaming in Death Valley

Death Valley always struck me as a funny name. And when one discovers that this is actually a vacation spot, this dark and foreboding name seems an even stranger choice.

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Giving Credit to My Crew

When someone compliments me on my work, there is nothing I’d rather do than take all the credit for myself. But in reality, my photos are a team effort. With all of the preparation that goes into making the girls look the way they do, it’s a job I couldn’t possibly do on my own. So though I graciously thank my fans for their kind words, I do feel that I have to concede and admit that I am not wholly responsible for the look of my photos. There are, in fact, many people I depend on to help me bring the entire shoot together.

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The Trouble With All Work, No Play

My phone rings. Reluctantly I look up from my computer where I'm editing my latest shoot, and see that it's a close friend that I haven't seen in quite some time.

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Shooting Outside My Comfort Zone

In the face of an economy steadily sliding into an ever-more frightening recession, and in light of my newfound status as an independent and now freelance photographer, I began to covet the chance to work for other adult companies.

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Getting Back on the Horse

In an industry where girls come and go through the revolving door we call the porn business, it's nice to work with someone that has been around for some time, yet doesn't look it.

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The Best Check to Cash is Yours

Branching out on my own — the thought was exhilarating and terrifying at the same time. It was an idea that I’d wavered upon, back and forth, for quite a while. I had only seriously begun to consider it this year, but it had been lingering in the back of my mind for many years.

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Let's Talk About Penis Size

So let's talk about a very serious subject. A subject that probably occupies far too much time in the heads of most men, and a subject that my job admittedly makes into a bigger deal than it really should be. I'm talking, my friends, about penis size.

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The Ugly Side of Sitting Pretty

As a fairly vain and slightly lazy woman, I am at a disadvantage. I am worried about how I look, yet not motivated enough to spend hours at the gym or to stick to a strict diet.

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Pushing the Envelope

They come in droves. Young, hungry and naïve, the new breed of porn stars aren't really "stars" at all, but rather girls attracted to the porn industry for its promise of a quick, easy buck.

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Even a Good Jew Masturbates

‘I’m a bad Jew.” I’m walking with my friend, an ex porn journalist who has finally shunned my sordid world in order to devote himself fully to Orthodox Judaism. He’s lamenting that though he dedicates himself to his religion, he cannot seem to rise above his carnal desires, which is namely, masturbating to porn. And it’s not just your vanilla couples-type porn. It’s some pretty dirty stuff, and I know this because it’s the same kind of porn that I’m into.

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A Night of Honoring Mom

Suze was at XRCO to accept her award as a Hall of Fame inductee, so when Nina Hartley and Amber Lynn went up on stage to present her award, she was ecstatic.

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No, I Won't Be Your Fluffer

It may sound funny to suggest that a pornographer has moral boundaries, but I do have certain lines that I won't cross. But the day came when I'd reached one of those lines — one I really didn't want to cross.

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If it's Too Loud, You're Too Old

There's a saying that goes: "If it's too loud, you're too old." I remember seeing it on bumper stickers advertising my favorite heavy metal radio station as a kid. And I remember at the time, thinking to myself that I hoped I'd never get that old. Well if the bumper sticker is to be believed, at the age of 29, I am now too old.

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The XBIZ Events

For someone who rarely goes out at night, the first week of February was quite the party week for me. Two nights in a row I was invited to events put on by XBIZ.

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In Porn, Nobody Gets Out Alive

I have always been proud to work in the adult industry, and I have prided myself on being one of the few photographers in the business who isn't aspiring to break out of porn into mainstream in order to validate my position as an "artist."

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Back to School

I had moved on from school, in a conscious decision to pursue a career in the porn industry – but now I was back.

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