14 Facts About Nina Hartley

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Nina Hartley has been described by CNBC as "a legend in the adult world".

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Nina Hartley's grandfather was a University of Alabama physics professor who was a Communist Party USA party member in the 1930s.

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Nina Hartley's parents were members of the CPUSA who converted to Buddhism when she was young.

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Nina Hartley's father was blacklisted in 1957 for his communist beliefs.

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Nina Hartley grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and as a teenager self-identified as a feminist.

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Nina Hartley was a registered nurse until her license expired in 1986.

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Nina Hartley has said she chose her life's work when she saw the 1976 erotic film The Autobiography of a Flea alone at a theater in San Francisco.

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8.

Nina Hartley has been described by news outlets as "one of the best-known actresses in the industry" and "a legend in the adult world".

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Nina Hartley acted in the 1996 Canadian film Bubbles Galore and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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Nina Hartley has appeared in several documentary films: she was interviewed in The Naked Feminist was featured in After Porn Ends, and appears in Sticky: A Love Story, in which she discusses masturbation with regards to education, the forced resignation of Joycelyn Elders, and her opinions on the blackballing of comedian Paul Reubens after his arrest for masturbating in a public theater.

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Nina Hartley has given lectures at Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and the University of California.

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Nina Hartley is a long-time board member of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, and was elected to the board of the Free Speech Coalition in 1995.

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Nina Hartley has been involved in socialist activism and has long been affiliated with the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee, a labor union for pornographic film actors.

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Nina Hartley married her male partner in 1986; their divorce was finalized in 2003.