I love Sharon Mitchell
An only c***d, Mitchell was adopted and raised Roman Catholic in Monmouth County, New Jersey. She married briefly at age 17 before becoming an off-Broadway actress and dancer, performing with the Martha Graham Dance Company.[1] In the mid-1970s, she began appearing in pornographic films such as Captain Lust and the Pirate Women (1977),[1] Sexcapades (1983),[1] Water Power (1976), and The Devil in Miss Jones 2 (1982).[citation needed] She also had small roles in mainstream films, such as Tootsie (1982) and The Deer Hunter (1978).[1]
Mitchell made approximately 1,000 pornographic films over a 20-year career, including 38 as a director.[1] She is the subject of the 1986 verité film Kamikaze Hearts, directed by Juliet Bashore, which follows her behind the scenes of a porn adaptation of Georges Bizet's Carmen and explores her tumultuous relationship with then-girlfriend Tigr Mennett.[2] During her years in the adult industry, Mitchell developed a heroin addiction.[1][3] In 1996, after a male stalker who was obsessed with her porn films assaulted, ****d, and nearly killed her, she quit d**gs, became a certified addiction counselor, and later obtained a MA and a PhD from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality[4] while working a variety of jobs including video engineer's assistant, caterer, florist, dog walker, and maid.[4]
In 1998, Mitchell founded the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (AIM), an organization which provided information and STD testing to workers in adult entertainment. As of 2004, they were testing 1,200 pornography performers a month.[1] According to the Associated Press, many in the adult industry credit her with raising the visibility of the risks of HIV/AIDS in the pornography industry.[3] In 2011, a security breach led to over 12,000 adult performers' personal information being released publicly.[5] A privacy breach lawsuit was filed against the institute, and they closed their doors in May 2011.[6] Oversight of the protocol was assumed by the Free Speech CoalitionShe started out in New York as a dancer and actress, and a regular on the New York punk music scene, before becoming a staple in the growing adult film industry as a borderline u******e performer.
She was frenetic and busy, starring in films and in strip clubs, taking acting and dancing classes, working as a dominatrix, and singing in bands.
When the East Coast porn industry started to change, Sharon moved to the West Coast where she was equally prolific and successful.
By now Sharon was one the most recognizable figures in the adult film industry, but against the backdrop of this she was battling her own demons resulting in a serious d**g habit, and culminating in a brutal attack that left her fighting for her life.
Sharon Mitchell Then came the second act. In 1998 following an HIV outbreak in the Adult Entertainment Industry, Sharon Mitchell founded the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, a nonprofit organization serving sex workers and the general public in areas of HIV testing, counseling and industry-related educational groups.
For over a decade AIM tested hundreds of adult film performers per month, establishing itself as the industry’s go-to location for healthcare, before lawsuit led to the clinic’s closure in 2011.
AIM had been the culmination of everything that Sharon Mitchell had worked for in her life. She created it, invested her time in it, and believed in it. Its closure was tough on her.
So where does that leave Sharon Mitchell? What does she think when she looks back at her remarkable journey from a Catholic schoolgirl in New Jersey to being a porn star on both coasts, and her role in changing the industry forever.
https://www.therialtoreport.com/2014/04/06/sharon-mitchell/
Mitchell made approximately 1,000 pornographic films over a 20-year career, including 38 as a director.[1] She is the subject of the 1986 verité film Kamikaze Hearts, directed by Juliet Bashore, which follows her behind the scenes of a porn adaptation of Georges Bizet's Carmen and explores her tumultuous relationship with then-girlfriend Tigr Mennett.[2] During her years in the adult industry, Mitchell developed a heroin addiction.[1][3] In 1996, after a male stalker who was obsessed with her porn films assaulted, ****d, and nearly killed her, she quit d**gs, became a certified addiction counselor, and later obtained a MA and a PhD from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality[4] while working a variety of jobs including video engineer's assistant, caterer, florist, dog walker, and maid.[4]
In 1998, Mitchell founded the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (AIM), an organization which provided information and STD testing to workers in adult entertainment. As of 2004, they were testing 1,200 pornography performers a month.[1] According to the Associated Press, many in the adult industry credit her with raising the visibility of the risks of HIV/AIDS in the pornography industry.[3] In 2011, a security breach led to over 12,000 adult performers' personal information being released publicly.[5] A privacy breach lawsuit was filed against the institute, and they closed their doors in May 2011.[6] Oversight of the protocol was assumed by the Free Speech CoalitionShe started out in New York as a dancer and actress, and a regular on the New York punk music scene, before becoming a staple in the growing adult film industry as a borderline u******e performer.
She was frenetic and busy, starring in films and in strip clubs, taking acting and dancing classes, working as a dominatrix, and singing in bands.
When the East Coast porn industry started to change, Sharon moved to the West Coast where she was equally prolific and successful.
By now Sharon was one the most recognizable figures in the adult film industry, but against the backdrop of this she was battling her own demons resulting in a serious d**g habit, and culminating in a brutal attack that left her fighting for her life.
Sharon Mitchell Then came the second act. In 1998 following an HIV outbreak in the Adult Entertainment Industry, Sharon Mitchell founded the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, a nonprofit organization serving sex workers and the general public in areas of HIV testing, counseling and industry-related educational groups.
For over a decade AIM tested hundreds of adult film performers per month, establishing itself as the industry’s go-to location for healthcare, before lawsuit led to the clinic’s closure in 2011.
AIM had been the culmination of everything that Sharon Mitchell had worked for in her life. She created it, invested her time in it, and believed in it. Its closure was tough on her.
So where does that leave Sharon Mitchell? What does she think when she looks back at her remarkable journey from a Catholic schoolgirl in New Jersey to being a porn star on both coasts, and her role in changing the industry forever.
https://www.therialtoreport.com/2014/04/06/sharon-mitchell/
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