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Some "Fat Porn" Doesn't Involve Sex At All

Seductive Studios (NSFW)

You might have noticed that some of those fetishes Eliza rattled off don't involve doing anything inherently sexual. Marley (NSFW) doesn't even consider her videos to be porn. "My favorite video by far was a remake of Hansel And Gretel, but instead it was Hannah And Greta. We had been captured by a slutty witch (because duh) and Greta was being forced to fatten Hannah (me) up. I was in a large dog cage naked, and Greta was naked except for a tiny maid apron."

Seductive Studios (NSFW)
The witch doesn't wind up in the oven, because that's a different fetish market entirely.

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We Are Living In The Golden Age Of Fat Porn

Evil Angel / Starr Erotica (NSFW)

According to PornHub, between 2013 and 2015, their searches for BBW porn went up 47 percent (NSFW). The internet clearly likes big butts, and it cannot lie. But is this a recent development? Why wasn't it always this way? Well, back in the days when the amount of porn in the world was limited to what you could cram into a seedy "book shop," it was a risky bet for studios to cast outside the mainstream tanned blondes with their suspiciously dilated pupils.

"But since 2010, the industry really had to change because of free tube sites, etc." April says. "They forced the old companies to reevaluate what makes money and explore other genres." Kitty explains, "Porn studios, noting how successful plus-size performers can be when they have their own clip sites, are discovering that claiming we're 'not marketable' isn't true." Like every other type of media, internet piracy has changed the game. It's not surprising, really -- where there are pirates, there's usually booty.

PornHub (NSFW)

"Now is a very exciting time for my niche," Eliza says. "Companies like Hustler or Evil Angel are shooting BBW regularly. I was just in Hustler magazine for their first serious article on BBW. In the past, the magazine had used small tongue-in-cheek articles about fat women as a joke. Now they are marketing and selling us to their mainstream customers as a serious niche."

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There's Still A Lot Of Social Stigma Attached To Liking Fat Porn

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Many fans of fat women are "in the closet," because people can't comprehend being attracted to anyone outside the definition of conventional beauty or, you know, mind their own goddamn business.

"Being fat has a very deep running stigma attached to it," Marley says, "and lots of people are still under the impression that being fat automatically makes you unhealthy, and being attracted to something unhealthy is considered wrong by many."

C. Batts FLY Productions (NSFW)
Stop beating up people for beating off.

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Fat Porn Actresses Do Have To Watch Their Weight

Indica Love (NSFW)

"Fat" isn't a one-size-fits-all deal, no matter what leggings manufacturers might believe. "I think performers, regardless of their weight, try to maintain a specific look," April says.

When the number on the scale is your entire business model, you can't let it drift too much in either direction. Like all great things in life, it all comes down to branding and social media bullshit. "I think that many try to stay at the weight when they first gained their fans because it's all about the brand," April say. "When I started out 10 years ago, branding wasn't really talked about, but now brand is a very prevalent thing -- not only in BBW porn, but every other business. You have to build your brand, and your look is a part of it. Us bigger girls, we all try to stay conscious of that."

Kitty Stryker (NSFW)
Every bite on camera is one less bite off-camera.

That's why April can't lazily lounge around the house all day eating Crisco by the spoonful (well, unless that's what she's getting paid to do). In her off hours, she watches her diet and stays active because her very specific look is her meal ticket.

And that meal ticket involves a surprising number of salads.

Cezary Jan Strusiewicz is a Cracked columnist, interviewer, and editor. Contact him at c.j.strusiewicz@gmail.com.

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