It’s too bad there is no national archive for porn. No Presidential library wings dedicated to vintage copies of Swank (or HUSTLER, for that matter). Because porn is so much more than a picture on a screen or page—it’s a horny time capsule, a window into the world of the person who once cherished it. And if you’re a daughter cleaning out Mom and Dad’s attic, it can also be a sober reminder that we never really know our parents like we think we do.
In a touching first-person account for HuffPost, Dani Alpert recounts the time she accidentally happened upon her mother’s nude sketches of her father, along with some 8mm film reels labeled “Two Lesbians—artful,” “Bath scene—great ending” and “Two guys kissing—very good.” Such a discovery raises so many questions, most notably, are her parents 100 years old?
If James Cameron’s Titanic were real and Jack survived, then this is the porn that he and Rose would have had stashed at the bottom of a steamer trunk. It’s poetic, really…even romantic. So what are subsequent generations leaving for nosy sons and daughters to stumble upon? Walk with us…
