In December 2017 the famous porn star August Ames committed suicide in a park in the San Fernando Valley. It happened a day after she’d been the victim of a pile-on, via Twitter, by fellow porn professionals - punishment for her tweeting something deemed homophobic. A month later, August’s husband, Kevin, asked writer Jon Ronson to tell the story of how Twitter bullying killed his wife. What neither Kevin nor Ronson realized was that Ronson would soon hear rumors and secrets hinting at a very different story - something mysterious and unexpected and terrible. In The Last Days of August, Ronson unravels the never-before-told story of what caused this beloved 23-year-old actress’ untimely death. Coming to Audible January 4, 2019.
I work a lot, so in my free time, I really just.
I chill out like I'm normal, you know, with just, like, a little crazy job.
So speaking of your dorky, silly personality, we see a lot of that on your Twitter profile, which, by the way, for those listening, you can find me on Twitter, augustaimesxxx.
That's a m e s x.
Xxx.
We had just spent a year making a podcast about the tech takeover of the porn industry.
We'd found a porn world that seemed like a kind of family.
People looked out for each other.
But six months after we left, something terrible happened.
Are you recording?
So she tweeted out, I believe on December 3 that she did not want to do a scene with this particular male performer that she had never heard of.
This is August Ames husband, Kevin.
She didn't feel comfortable doing it.
August's first tweet that day was, whichever lady performer is replacing me tomorrow for erotica x news, you're shooting with a guy who has shot gay porn.
Just to let you know, I do my homework for my body.
Gay performers were offended, and they told her so.
Her next tweet read, not homophobic.
Most girls don't shoot with guys who have shot gay porn for safety.
The pile on intensified, and so she tweeted.
Sorry.