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• Hollie, I hope the cancer is cured very soon and that you are able to continue to live your life after all of this subsides. I also have to say that health care should be available to everyone, preferably through a government run socialized healthcare plan such as the one in the UK. Hopefully that will happen very soon. Socialized healthcare would prevent cancers like yours from progressing as far as yours did because most people would then get their physicals and mammograms on time.

  Good luck Hollie and I hope you are able to perform for years to come once this is all over.

• I feel awful for Ms. Stevens, and I wish her a swift recovery.

  Her answer to question 7, however, is quite uninformed -- or worse, may have been informed by FSC-hater January Seraph.

  Under APHSS.org, if you were to visit the Healing Wave clinic, as many performers already have, you can see an MD who is dedicating a portion of his practice specifically to members of the adult industry. It is a brand new office, with a non-judgmental staff, and the cost of a consultation is only $50 -- that's $30 less than the doctors most often visited by adult talent in the past charge. In addition, specific referrals can be made for other types of real medical attention. Performers like Hollie can walk in, get their test done, and also get a pap and/or basic physical -- all in one place.

• Beyond that, in terms of something like group health insurance for performers, or a credit union, I fully support that but it's not easy to put something like that together. People have been talking about it for years. It takes support from the incredibly disorganized and decentralized adult community, it takes $, it takes experts who are willing to get involved, and it requires credibility.

  The APHSS program is being administered by people who support goals such as those, and it has an advisory committee that includes performers, in addition to producers, and legal and medical experts. No one is saying -- certainly not me -- that STI testing is the end of this conversation. But you've got to give this program -- which is less than one week old, a little time to develop. It's a far better system than AIM, less vulnerable to legal and regulatory harassment, and more secure. If it succeeds, it can develop and expand into other areas of performer (and other industry member) services.

  I commend Ms. Stevens for not simply proclaiming it DOA, as many cynics and haters have. But even in its current, nascent state, it is not only necessary (as a database/test verification system and as a provider of necesary industry protocols in the event of an incident -- which have been missing since AIM was destroyed) but also a substantial improvement over the past systen.

• Hi Sean,

  The updated link for round two of fundraising for Hollie is http://giveforward.com/holliestevensv2

  Thanks :-)

• We love ya Hollie and are pulling for ya!!!!!!!!

• @mharris127, I agree that the state of healthcare and the lack fo access to health care is awful in this country. But there's not much we can do about what has already happened. Instead, we are trying to do what is possible now by supporting Hollie as much as possible, because she's an amazing person and deserves the absolute best from life.

  I truly believe that her optimistic attitude and ability to maintain a light heart and smile no matter what is going on is the characteristic that will ensure she wins this battle. Her strength is something I admire, and her positive outlook something I aspire to one day be able to mirror.

  I feel fortunate to have her as a friend. :-)

  As an aside, anyone else find Mr Whiteacre's rants here to be more than just a little off base, and strange? Let alone in extremely poor taste. This interview was about Hollie. Nothing else.

• January, you are obviously a caring person, but your remarks about me are as disingenupus as ever.

  Hollie was asked about APHSS in this interview. She responded with questions that I addressed in my comment.

  I know it must be difficult for you to deal with the fact that the world does not simply accept your take on things at face value, but I am confident that in time a woman as smart as yourself will come to terms with reality. But, if not, I will always make myself available to remind or guide you

  As an aside, I caution you to never again cast stones at the propriety or "taste" of my comments or else -- I swear -- I will publish and Tweet daily YOUR OWN WORDS to demonstrate your hypocrisy (not to mention instability). Aside from what you've expressed publicly, I now have in my possession communications from you to others which were forwarded to me after your ill-advised and ill-fated war with me began. You might be shocked to learn how many people have sided with me. They may be unwilling to call you on your bullshit directly, but I am not.

  You are entitled to your opinions, but if you continue to spread disinformation, or if you attack, you will get much worse than you give. Play fair and act like a grown-up, and we will all get along fine.

  Guide yourself accordingly.

  Cordially,

  MW

  • You're way off base.
    This is the last direct communication you will have with me. And I'll advise you not to run around the internet continuing to make libelous statements about me or threatening me with acts of defamation.

    • Sorry, honey, but stating that I will use your own words to show the world who and what you are does not constitute a threat to defame you.

      You've got a lot of nerve, January. Even though I knew exactly what you were like, because you had already viciously and repeatedly attacked not only FSC as an organization but also Joanne personally, when you wrote me for assistance and advice in the PWL matter I set all those feelings aside and responded with my best advice and made no mention of how appalled I was at your attitude. I did so because although I don't like what did, you WERE a victim of PWL and my goal, along with Sean, Mike and the others, was to aid ALL the victims of PWL. That cause was more important than any one person.

      Your problem, as is spelled out clearly in your various correspondence, from emails to Twitter, is that although you start out sweet as pie, the facade does not last: as soon as you receive an answer you don't like, the thin tissue of kindness and rationality falls away, and your other self comes out to play. And she's ugly. This is commonly called a personality disorder, January, and throwing a thousand benefits for cancer victims will neither stifle it, nor lead those you've flipped out on to forget about it.

      Let me make this clear: while I have a strong distaste for you, I don't hate you; I pity you, January, I really do. So much anger, so much venom -- and no amount of dom work ever satisfies or quells it, does it? A word of advice from the bottom of my heart: before you start trying to fix other people's problems, or those of an industry in which you were only a fringe player, try looking inward and addressing your own issues. Because from where I'm standing, you don't just have issues -- you've got a subscription.

      Cordially,

      MW

      • What an ass.