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WHO’S WHO
SITE SPECIFICS | | By Dan Miller
From the Heart
WomenbyJuliaAnn.com content coming to DVD via Girlfriends Films
answers that are said because that’s what we think they want to hear.”
Moose, the president of Girlfriends Films, adds, “she gets them to spill their
hearts, their soul. She’s getting the best out of these girls instead of making them
objects.”
“Mercedes [Carrera] started crying,” Julia Ann recalls of a particularly emotional
interview. “She said I fear that my friends and my family will die and leave me here
alone [and] I also have this fear that there’s this nothingness when it’s over and
what was it all for? Just like these deep-seated fears that I think runs rampant.
“I think there’s a lot of perception that we’re just freewheeling people that are
high or drunk or schizophrenic or whatever it is, and we’re just taking from society
and running through life willy nilly like we don’t have a care in the world. ... At the
end of the day we’re just women that are expressing ourselves and are finding the
happiness that we can find in the world.”
The star of more than 625 adult films since 1992 says her site has two major
rules, starting with “you have to be 21 and over” to be featured.
“I want you to be able to have experiences, true woman experiences. And I think
Julia Ann and Dana Vespoli; image courtesy WomenByJuliaAnn.com.
there’s a big growing period between 18 and 21,” Julia Ann reasons. “Eighteen to 25
is like ridiculous. I really wanted them to have a few years under their belt where
“It’s from the heart,” she says.
Julia Ann sums up her new website, WomenbyJuliaAnn.com, with one line.
they got to know themselves a little bit better. I wanted them to be able to have a
little more life experience. Whether you have a few extra battle wounds or you’re
Indeed, the site embodies the ways she has led by example during her
making a few extra decisions you’re more liable for your life. And I think that that
AVN Hall of Fame career that has spanned more than two decades.
helps you.
“I’m not trying to fake anybody out with anything. I’m hoping eventually it’ll
push me out. I want it to be bigger than me,” Julia Ann tells AVN. “I want to be
able to say this far exceeds my name, who I am, what I have to offer. That it’s gone
beyond that—it’s all about you. I’m just going to sit back and push all the other
sex. It’s about community.
girls to the front.
“I want it to take on a life of its own.”
It’s safe to say it’s already on its way.
”My thought was this site isn’t all about
— Julia Ann
“My second rule is you have to like boobs.”
Julia Ann launched the site during Valentine’s Day weekend, but this month will
Julia Ann’s community forum is already gaining an identity—it’s becoming a
mark the site’s first big milestone, when it rolls out its first WomenbyJulia.com
special place where people respect and support one another.
full-length, all-girl DVD in a new exclusive distribution deal Girlfriends Films.
“My dream is to have an environment where everyone is safe, where everyone
“Technically, there’s already three movies in the can if you wanted to go by what
feels they can express themselves. They can get help,” Julia Ann says.
is needed as far as a movie goes,” Julia Ann says. “With the first one I’m trying to
WomenbyJuliaAnn.com includes beauty tips, shopping guides, audio erotica,
make sure it really encompasses what I want as far as the sex part of the website.
cooking shows, health and well-being and more.
“I want it to represent what the site is about, which is every woman is beautiful
She is also promoting her third annual vacation to Hedonism in Jamaica,
regardless of size, race, age or status. There’s not a labeling. We’re all just women.”
scheduled for April 29-May 6, 2017.
Julia Ann set out to create a site free of judgment and profiling, a sex-positive
“So far it’s been female-dominant. The first time one guy came; the second time
destination that fosters community for its members. The foundation of each scene
two guys came,” Julia Ann says. “The majority are women who have not necessarily
is an intimate interview with the performer in the scene conducted by Julia Ann
felt kindly about themselves physically or emotionally.”
herself. Among the first women coming to DVD are Ana Foxxx, Karla Lane, Missy
She gave thanks to industry veterans such as Mike Quasar, Scott Wallach
Martinez and Jenna Sativa.
and Miles Long who have helped her capture so much of the footage for
“I’m trying to show the different ages, the different body styles, the different
WomenbyJuliaAnn.com.
races, whatever it is,” Julia Ann says.
“They’ve all been wonderful,” she says. “Quasar has really taken it upon himself
“I just want to simplify it. I just wanted to do very heartfelt interviews that
to be my backbone in helping me create this content and teaching me how to at
show these women for who they truly are, without the persona, without the
least do some of the technical stuff, and obviously Vicky Vette going with this and
patent answers. I wanted to give women something to watch where they can relate
supporting this dream really sits above and beyond what they generally do.”
to the women they’re watching on a human level as opposed to on a fantasy level.
It’s Vette’s VNA Network that is powering Julia Ann’s site.
Because we already are just flooded with the fantasy. And I tend to think what we
“So being able to trust and put money into this and partner with me is a huge
don’t have is enough of the humanity of the women.”
risk,” Julia Ann says. “This is a completely different animal so there’s been a lot of
She says her questions are “very much about their biggest fears.”
patience.”
“And talking about what makes them happiest in the world and what makes
She says in short, “I’m trying to do what we don’t do already” with
them the saddest in the world and what they love about themselves and what they
WomenbyJuliaAnn.
hate about themselves and just really humanizing them,” Julia Ann continues.
“I want real life. I don’t need the rest. You get to know somebody and you decide
“Because I want every woman, every person who picks this up and watches it …
whether you want to have sex with them or not and that’s sort of how it goes,” Julia
I want them to go ‘oh my god, she’s so beautiful and I never would have thought
Ann says. “My thought was this site isn’t all about sex. It’s about community. It’s
she had all these things going on. This is crazy. I so relate to that.’ We’ve got
about support. It’s about health. It’s about fun. Sex is a quarter of the site. This is
so much of these ‘what the guys want to hear answers.’ These are go-to, patent
for the person who wants to actively engage with these women.”
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