“There’s a formula in porn that always works, and we’re not using any of that formula,” says Joanna Angel, the founder, owner and star of the “alt-porn” company Burning Angel. The heavily tattooed young woman with black and pink hair started the website with her college roommate in 2002, which has since become a sanctuary for anyone who loves pierced nipples and tattooed asses.

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