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Buy on AmazonIf Xaviera Hollander taught you that sex work could be savvy rebellion wrapped in wit, Oriana Small's Girlvert is your next unfiltered confession—a plunge into porn's chaotic heart with the same entrepreneurial grit and liberating candor that made The Happy Hooker bedside contraband. Small reclaims her narrative with defiant humor, turning industry scandals and power plays into voyeuristic thrills that feel like forbidden gossip with an irreverent insider who refuses moralistic judgment.
This isn't sensationalism for shock value—it's intelligent commentary on gender and desire, delivered through prose as conversational and charismatic as Hollander's iconic voice, balancing eroticism with the pseudo-intellectual edge you crave.
Small reclaims her narrative with defiant humor, refusing moralistic judgment at every turn.
"she's a badass, a wonderful writer...this is a fascinating human story." — Joseph, Goodreads
"It was honest in a remarkable, straightforward, very frank way...the level of detail that is matter of factly presented is unlike anything I've read before." — Eric Stone, Goodreads
"A really intense, raw account of Orianna's adventures...I really enjoyed this book." — Audacia Ray, Goodreads
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