Aurora Snow Explained
Aurora Snow is an American retired pornographic actress,[1] director, and columnist.[2]
Early life
Snow was raised by a single mother and was the oldest of three siblings.[3]
Career
Adult films
Snow entered the pornographic entertainment industry when she was 18 years old,[4] [5] planning to work in porn for only a year.[6] [5] One of her first professionally made and distributed movies was More Dirty Debutantes 152, produced by Ed Powers.[4]
Snow was a contract performer and director for Sin City between May 2003 and May 2005.[7] [8] [9] She made her directorial debut for the company with the film Assploitations.[4] [10] Snow hosted Private Calls on Playboy TV.
In July 2010, she reported on the obscenity case against John Stagliano for Adult Video News.[11] [12]
Despite not using condoms during most of her scenes, she came out as one of the few performers in favor of the 2012 Measure B vote in Los Angeles, mandating the use of condoms for all pornographic movie scenes.[13] Snow left the pornographic film industry after ten years in 2011 and moved from Los Angeles to Macon, Missouri.[3]
Mainstream media appearances
Snow appeared in the 2002 feature film The Rules of Attraction as Masked Naked Girl at Party.
Snow appeared in a cameo in the Judd Apatow film Superbad.[14] On January 6, 2010, Snow appeared in an episode of 1000 Ways to Die titled "Death On Arrival" to discuss edible underwear during the "Way to Die #444: Deadliest Munch" segment of the episode.[15]
On March 12, 2013, Snow appeared on The Young Turks to discuss racism in pornography and the reasons why some Caucasian pornographic actresses refuse to do interracial sex scenes.[16]
Snow has been a contributor for The Daily Beast[4] and Glammonitor, writing articles about the porn industry and women's issues.[17] [18]
On March 6, 2014, Snow spoke at Harvard Law School[4] on the topic of "Sex, Drugs, and Rolling Dice: The Regulation of Vice."[19] On March 19, 2015, Snow spoke at the University of South Carolina School of Law on "Vice, Porn and American Culture."[20]
Personal life
In September 2013, Snow wrote an article for The Daily Beast titled "A Porn Star's Letter to Her Unborn Son" in which she announced she was pregnant with her first child and stated how she would explain her choice to work in the porn industry to her son once he is older.[21] The letter quickly went viral on the Internet.[22] [23] [24] She gave birth to her son in December 2013.[25] Her father stated that he was proud upon finding out about her occupation.[26]
Awards
Notes and References
- News: Snow . Aurora . Retired Porn Star's Bittersweet Return to the Spotlight . The Daily Beast . April 11, 2017 . limited.
- Web site: How a Porn Star Retires: Aurora Snow on Life After Porn . July 9, 2013 . Aurora . Snow . June 18, 2013 . The Daily Beast . subscription.
- Web site: Mom Used To Be A Porn Star: Aurora Snow Shares Her Story . Carla Cain . Walther . September 20, 2014 . wewomen.com . May 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180531054609/http://www.wewomen.com/personal-life/mom-used-to-be-a-porn-star-aurora-snow-shares-her-story-s423309.html . dead .
- Web site: Street . Sharan . Class of 2017: The AVN Hall of Fame's Newest Inductees . Adult Video News . December 28, 2016 . December 29, 2016.
- News: Snow . Aurora . Porn Star Aurora Snow Goes from Barely Legal to MILF . The Daily Beast . 9 August 2010 . limited.
- News: Snow . Aurora . The Porn Stars Giving the Middle Finger to Father Time . The Daily Beast . 7 November 2021 . limited.
- Sin City Entertainment Signs Aurora Snow . August 13, 2013 . May 21, 2003 . Adult Video News.
- Aurora Snow Signs New Two-Year Deal With Sin City/Mayhem . August 13, 2013 . May 26, 2004 . Adult Video News.
- Sin City Terminates Aurora Snow Contract . August 13, 2013 . Acme . Andersson . May 31, 2005 . Adult Video News.
- Web site: Aurora Snow's Assploitations 2 In Stores . August 13, 2013 . Acme . Andersson . February 4, 2004 . Adult Video News.
- Web site: Snow . Aurora . Aurora Snow Blogs for AVN from Stagliano Trial . Adult Video News . July 14, 2010 . June 2, 2013.
- Web site: Snow . Aurora . Aurora Snow: Trial and Error in the Nation's Capital . Adult Video News . 15 July 2010.
- News: Snow . Aurora . Condoms in Porn: One Adult Star Says Yes to Measure B . The Daily Beast . 18 October 2012 . limited.
- Web site: Aurora Snow . https://web.archive.org/web/20080225155001/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1519094/Aurora-Snow . unfit . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2008 . 2008-02-25.
- Web site: Death On Arrival - Episode 201 . August 13, 2013 . January 6, 2010 . . August 12, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130812132946/http://www.spike.com/episodes/8ve5bv/1000-ways-to-die-death-on-arrival-season-2-ep-201 . dead .
- Web site: Adult film actress Aurora Snow: 'I think that racism actually does still exist [in porn]' ]. March 12, 2013 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130711160119/http://current.com/shows/the-young-turks/videos/adult-film-actress-aurora-snow-i-think-that-racism-actually-does-still-exist-in-porn . July 11, 2013 . usurped.
- Web site: Aurora Snow . November 26, 2021 . The Daily Beast.
- Web site: Aurora Snow . Glammonitor . https://web.archive.org/web/20150602192209/http://www.glammonitor.com/author/aurorasnow/ . June 2, 2015 . dead .
- Web site: Dickson . EJ . Retired porn star Aurora Snow hits Harvard to talk about the new politics of porn . March 25, 2015 . March 4, 2014 . The Daily Dot.
- Web site: Aurora Snow speaks at USC School of Law on Porn Industry . March 25, 2015 . March 22, 2014 . YouTube.
- Web site: A Porn Star's Letter to Her Unborn Son . January 2, 2014 . Aurora . Snow . September 30, 2013 . The Daily Beast . subscription.
- Web site: Retired Porn Star Writes a Letter to Her Unborn Child . Latonya . Berry . October 2, 2013 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103174403/http://www.metroparent.com/Blogs/Oh-Mother/October-2013/Retired-Porn-Star-Writes-a-Letter-to-Her-Unborn-Child/ . January 3, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
- Web site: Porn star's touching letter to her unborn son . Lachlan . Williams . October 1, 2013 . . 6 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140206141624/http://health.ninemsn.com.au/family/digestive/8731943/porn-stars-touching-letter-to-her-unborn-son . usurped.
- Web site: Porn star writes brutally honest letter to her unborn son . 26 November 2021 . Roxana A. . Soto . October 8, 2013 . Mamás Latinas.
- Web site: No Sex For Six Weeks After Giving Birth? It's Too Long! . January 2, 2014 . Aurora . Snow . December 27, 2013 . The Daily Beast . limited.
- Web site: My Daughter the Porn Star . Aurora . Snow . May 30, 2017 . The Daily Beast . May 24, 2017 . limited.
- Web site: The 18th Annual Awards of the X-Rated Critics Organization . https://web.archive.org/web/20030308024502/http://ainews.com/Archives/Story3247.phtml . usurped . March 8, 2003 . Steve . Nelson . April 13, 2002 . Adult Industry News.
- Evil Angel's The Fashionistas Big Winner At XRCOs Thursday Night . September 28, 2014 . Heidi . Pike-Johnson . April 4, 2003 . Adult Video News.
- 2003 AVN Awards Winners Announced: Awards Presented Big Year for Evil Angel... . August 13, 2013 . Heidi Pike-Johnson . January 21, 2003 . Adult Video News.
- XRCO Announces 2011 Nominations . Adult Video News . Peter . Warren . February 26, 2011 . February 22, 2011.