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Sunday, May 28, 2006

Mimi Damayo for Governor?

posted by Jean @ 3:26 PM  

7 Comments:

  • At 5/29/2006 2:08 PM, Blogger Gura said…

    I'm actually not surprised she's a republican after reading her bio. Though I found it interesting how there was a glass ceiling in terms of pay scale for Asian Adult actresses. From what I can tell the porn industry is controlled and run by men, but a growing number of women are taking more control by starting their own businesses and being the producers.

    I don't think she really wants to be governor but she's certainly using it as a ploy to get press, which it got her.

    Her platform itself takes on several women's issues as well as other issues that directly affect her main business.

    Platform
    1. Anti-Stalking Legislature
    2. Reduce waiting time processing police reports for victims of crime.
    3. Tougher laws on domestic violence abusers.
    4. Remove newly added business tax laws on entertainers.
    *We're already paying Federal taxes.
    5. Legalizing strip clubs in hotels.
    6. Against political corruption.
    7. Against judicial activism.
    8. For Free Speech.
    9. For reducing prices at the pump.
    10. For reducing youth gang violence.

     

  • At 5/29/2006 11:18 PM, Blogger Okir said…

    Thanks for your comments, Michelle. It would be interesting to interview Mimi, not in an overtly challenging way, but just to find out more about her as a person, how she got into porn, and how she views herself in this new role as gubernatorial candidate. I'm especially struck, in looking at all her photos, and at her blog, with her relationship to the camera and to media in general; I'm curious to know how she feels about presenting herself in such a sexualized fashion. It's obvious from her blog that she...works hard for her money, literally.

     

  • At 5/30/2006 8:55 AM, Blogger Gura said…

    next time I'm in Vegas, I'll see if I can track her down. I think she'd be a fascinating interview actually. At 32 she's considered quite over the hill for her industry.

     

  • At 5/30/2006 10:09 PM, Blogger Okir said…

    Michelle: that would be really interesting if you can interview her! I bet she'd do it too.

     

  • At 5/30/2006 10:12 PM, Blogger Okir said…

    Her campaign headquarters address, phone & email are available at http://www.melodydamayo.net/contact.htm

     

  • At 6/01/2006 1:36 PM, Blogger Leny said…

    ok -- any discussion about gender and capitalism here? I've been thinking a lot about this and my reaction to the high visibility this generates not only for Mimi but for her community (there it is again: who is she representing? is she representing "us" - Fil/Fil Am women?)

    Delia Aguilar once cited an academic panel of feminist scholars that talked about this topic. The women on the panel said that sex workers are empowered women who take control of their lives and their pocketbooks. Delia said she was the only woman on the panel who disagreed with this. The other scholars were referring to sex workers from the "first world" who "choose" this career; she was referring to "third world" women who are often bought/conned/pressured/ into sex work because of poverty. She said it's difficult to see this as a form of empowerment when the effects of global capitalism on the lives of women pushes them to make choices they won't otherwise make.

    What would Mimi say? Indeed, we need to know.

     

  • At 6/02/2006 12:26 PM, Blogger Gura said…

    the nature of how powerful the first world is to allow those without power to be able to retake power. But by retaking power do they simply become the new overlords, and does it really empower the ones below them.

    I don't know when I'll be in Vegas next, but I'm going to see if I can get an interview with her, maybe online.

     

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