Alison Boden | Source | Interim CEO at Free Speech Coalition

Leadership is genderless, as is the skillset required to be an effective leader, yet there is a prevailing narrative in the mainstream media that the adult industry is lorded over by misogynistic men.

Amid a pandemic that’s touched every aspect of our lives—from the emotional to the financial—what has COVID-19 done to our sexual appetites? In this episode, Alex talks to three professionals with particular insight into the country’s deepest and (mostly) unspoken desires. First, we hear from Alison Boden, CEO of the porn site kink.com about how the nationwide lockdown has affected an industry not known for social distancing. Then, she’s joined by J. Leigh, a BDSM dominatrix who has been forced to move out of the dungeon and online (literally). And finally, she speaks with Lotus Lain, an adult film actress who explains the ways in which porn actors have been better prepared for a global pandemic… than basically everyone else.

Alison Boden is the CEO of one of the biggest and most respected BDSM websites in the world: Kink.com. In this episode she tells Holly how despite Kink's extreme scenes, they have carefully guarded their reputation as one of the safest, most communicative, and most enjoyable companies to work for. Model rave about how well they are treated on set, and indeed Kink does hold before and after interviews with the performers, having the honestly detail their experiences-- giving the viewer the assurance that they are indeed watching content which was produced by consenting adults who in fact enjoyed their experience. Could Kink have a lesson for the rest of the "mainstream" adult industry? Listen and find out! Show Notes: 03:00 How she got started at Kink.com 13:06 The appeal of kink. 20:19 Are women now more open to sexual exploration? 23:14 The sexiness of power dynamics. 29:59 The process...