Tag: colorism

Alexandra Mayers LIVE – Friday – discussion on colorism versus racism, the relationship between child abuse and the adult entertainment industry, and lastly, the pay / wage gap Black female performers experience in the pornographic industry.
Towards the end of the webcast, Alexandra Mayers (formerly known as pornstar Monica Foster) shares her thoughts on the recent death of Mercedes Grabowski (known towards the final years of her life as pornstar August Ames – a fictitious character), how her family life & alleged childhood molestation by her Grandfather may have tied into her death, the fictitious “gay mafia” which is unjustifiably being blamed for her death (male performer Jaxton Wheeler specifically) and why the element of cyber bullying may be a convenient deflector for those in Mercedes’ life who didn’t properly care for her.

Important links:
Colorism – definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_skin_color

Black wage Gap in Hollywood – Mo’nique and Jessica Chastain
https://www.salon.com/2018/01/22/pay-monique-netflix/

How Jessica Chastain helped Octavia Spencer get equal pay was great, and sadly necessary
https://www.salon.com/2018/01/25/how-jessica-chastain-helped-octavia-spencer-get-equal-pay-was-great-and-sadly-necessary/

Jaxton Wheeler interview
http://www.newsweek.com/august-ames-dead-suicide-jaxton-wheeler-744355

According to Jaxton Wheeler, Mercedes Grabowski aka August Ames was dead for 3 hours prior to him posting the inappropriate tweet about a cyanide pill: https://twitter.com/AlexMayersLIVE/status/955494226330050560