TNR's Porno Adventure

Peterson @ 0:22 and 0:44, left, second row

With The New Republic‘s recent decision to publish bi-weekly and reduce their page count, one might think that they need to come up with a few tricks to garner publicity. Enter New Republic assistant managing editor Britt Peterson and a column she wrote for TNR about appearing as an extra in an alt.porn film. Peterson’s column is behind a subscription wall, but here’s the experience in her own words:

The scene I graced was actually one of the tamer ones in The Fold (secretly, I was hoping to be cast in the hot tub scene—but no such luck).