Alia: Child Sex Trafficking Survivor, Ex-Porn Performer, & Advocate
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2021
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Trigger Warning: This discussion includes frank, explicit, discussions of abuse and pornographic content that may be triggering to some. Listener discretion is advised.
Alia grew up in Ventura, California, with a young mother. From a very young age, Alia experienced sexual abuse at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend. Her warped understanding of love and affection pushed her to seek out validation from older men on social media. By the time she was 14, she had entered into a relationship with a man twice her age who then trafficked her. When she was 18, the exploitation Alia experienced evolved into performing in strip clubs where she was eventually invited by a customer to join the porn industry. Ultimately, Alia’s experience in the porn industry was dramatically different from the glamorous and empowered life that was initially promised to her. Even as a popular mainstream performer, she experienced more trafficking, abuse, and exploitation, eventually breaking free and connecting with other sex industry survivors. See how Alia’s childhood abuse paved the way for her career in the commercial sex industry, and why she finally left on her own terms.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey listeners. Did you know that Consider Before Consuming is a podcast by Fight the New Drug? |
| 0:07.9 | Fight the New Drug is a non-religious, non-legislative 501C3 nonprofit that exists to provide |
| 0:13.8 | individuals the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography by raising |
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| 0:39.8 | That's FtnD.org. |
| 0:43.5 | My name is Garrett Johnson, and today's episode is with Alia. |
| 0:48.9 | She's a person who has experienced the harmful effects of pornography and sexual exploitation in some devastating |
| 0:55.2 | ways. She grew up in Ventura, California, with a young mother who wasn't ready to prioritize her. |
| 1:01.6 | At a young age, Alia experienced child sexual abuse at the hands of her mother's boyfriend. |
| 1:08.0 | She went on to experience sex trafficking as a child and ultimately ended up in |
| 1:12.9 | the porn industry. About four years ago, Alia decided to transition away from the commercial |
| 1:19.0 | sex industry. Today, she's an involved mother, has finished a four-year degree, and is helping |
| 1:25.7 | other people who have experienced sexual exploitation. |
| 1:29.6 | We want these conversations to be educational, uplifting, and hopeful. As we sit down with |
| 1:35.9 | experts, influencers, activists, and people with personal accounts, we cover a wide variety |
| 1:41.3 | of topics that may be triggering to some. You can refer to the episode notes for a specific trigger warning. |
| 1:47.6 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:50.1 | With that being said, let's jump into the conversation. |
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