Adult Entertainment Industry Vixens Joanna Angel and Sasha Grey to Participate on Sex Panel at Yale University

For Immediate Release:   February 11, 2010

Los Angeles, CA/February 11, 2010 – BurningAngel founder and punk rock porn princess Joanna Angel along with adult crossover star Sasha Grey are pleased to announce their participation at Yale University’s Sex Week. Both adult stars will be sitting on the “Sex, Gender & Pornography” panel on Saturday, February 13th at 7pm.

The discussion, moderated by Fleshbot.com editor Lux Alptraum, will showcase all pioneers in progressive porn production and give an in-depth look at how gender has influenced their roles and aspirations within the adult film industry.

Additional panelists include: Tristan Taormino (Feminist porn award winning director and educator); Madison Young (director); Buck Angel (FTM Trans porn pioneer).

After the panel discussion, please join Joanna Angel as she hosts a pre-Mardi Gras bash at New Haven’s Toad’s Place (300 York Street). After all, what would a true university experience be without a little partying?

To close out Sex Week at Yale, Sasha Grey will give her keynote address, entitled Sasha Grey: Positively Sexual. This will take place on Sunday, at 4:30pm. Grey closes out Sex Week with a discussion on why sex doesn’t have to be a guilty pleasure at all.

About Sasha Grey:

Star of more than 50 adult feature films, Grey was featured in the November 2006 edition of Los Angeles magazine, which flagged her as a potential major star, the next Jenna Jameson. Grey was chosen as Penthouse Pet of The Month for July 2007; the spread is considered to be a radical change for the magazine as it was photographed by the fashion photographer Terry Richardson. In 2008, she won female performer of the year at the 25th Annual AVN Awards. She is also featured as part of the art work for The Smashing Pumpkins 2007 album Zeitgeist, has modeled for American Apparel and Richard Kern for Vice Magazine, and made the 2009 Rolling Stone Magazine Hot List. Grey stars in The Girlfriend Experience, which was released theatrically through Magnolia Pictures on May 22nd, 2009. The film was directed by Academy Award Winning Director Steven Soderbergh.

About Joanna Angel and BurningAngel.com:

Pushing the envelope and breaking new ground, the BurningAngel empire is a refreshingly unique web cocktail of sex, rock n' roll and pop culture. Its unmatchable edge has claimed a burgeoning bi-coastal community both in and out of cyberspace. BurningAngel.com officially launched on April 20th, 2002, with a few sets of photos, and a band interview. The amateur experiment, launched by two college kids from Rutgers University (Joanna Angel and Mitch Fontaine), has since exploded into a fierce indie company that has pioneered a new species of erotica, and has since given way to the emergence of Joanna Angel as the site's performing star, earning her the title of the "Queen of Alt-Porn." In January 2006, the website’s growing popularity spawned its sister DVD production company, BurningAngel Entertainment, which continues to deliver hip, ironic cult classics, including the award-winning Joanna's Angels and Cum on My Tattoo series.

BurningAngel.com now hosts an extensive hardcore video collection and photo gallery featuring over 200 girls, hailing the site's co-founder and star, Joanna Angel, as its queen bee. The site also features provocative interviews with a variety of bands on both major and independent labels, including Bad Religion, the Tansplants, Bloc Party, Marilyn Manson, the Bouncing Souls and Brendon Small of Cartoon Network's Metalocalypse. The website also boasts an interactive web community, featuring active message boards, profile pages for all members and models, and comment boards throughout the site in which members can express their opinions.

Since its inception, BurningAngel and its star Joanna Angel have been featured on Fox News, Playboy TV, Fuse TV, KROQ Radio, SIRIUS Radio, and on the series premier of TLC’s LA Ink; they have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Village Voice, The New York Press, Esquire UK, and Penthouse, among others. Heeb Magazine featured Joanna as their cover girl in year, naming her one of the “Top 100 Up-and-Coming Jews,” and in 2006 The New York Post featured her as one of the “Top 25 Sexiest New Yorkers.”

“This has certainly been an interesting voyage, but really it has just begun,” Joanna proclaims, “I wanna keep getting people off – both men and women – and making people laugh until I'm old and unattractive and my boobs get saggy, and even then I will keep providing my loyal fans with some quality porno.”

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