Help Select An AIDS Charity To Which Str8UpGayPorn Will Make A Donation On Behalf Of Treasure Island Media
Last week, I reported on Treasure Island Media’s new “movie,” Viral Loads, in which a jar full of HIV-positive semen is injected into a gay porn star’s ass. More boring than it was shocking, I observed that Treasure Island Media wasn’t so much producing gay porn anymore, but rather attempting to exploit an illness and trading in death and terror. The studio’s owner and director, Paul Morris, read my post and tweeted the below message to his followers:
The “profits” that Morris is referring to are the commissions Str8UpGayPorn stands to earn whenever someone clicks my affiliate link to Viral Loads and actually buys a copy. To date, no one has.
Now, I’ve seen this claim before, that I shouldn’t be using affiliate links when covering studios or movies with which I disagree, and that it’s hypocritical to earn money off something that I’m criticizing. By that logic, every television network, news website, radio station, and gay porn blog should only allow advertising from companies that they agree with 100%. Also, movie critics who write negative reviews of movies should not be paid. Same goes for restaurant critics, theater reviewers, op-ed columnists, talk radio hosts, and anyone with an opinion of anything. According to Paul Morris, it’s OK for him to profit off a movie that fetishizes deadly diseases, but it’s not OK to profit off having an opinion of a movie that fetishizes deadly diseases.
I will always use an affiliate link when covering a studio’s movie or scene, regardless of whether I “agree” with it or not. If I only wrote about and used affiliate links for things I liked, there would be no Str8UpGayPorn. I don’t write this blog for free, so if someone wants to buy a copy of Viral Loads even though I think it’s awful, far be it from me to refuse a (very small) percentage of the sale. But like I said, there have been no sales of Viral Loads, at least not from this website. In fact, the total affiliate commission that Str8UpGayPorn has earned from Treasure Island Media since we launched in November is $52.35:
Because the minimum payout threshold hasn’t been met (we have to earn $100 before Treasure Island cuts us a check), Str8UpGayPorn has made no profit from Paul Morris’ company. But hopefully after today, that will change.
Beginning today and continuing for the rest of 2014, Str8UpGayPorn will donate 100% of its Treasure Island Media commissions to a leading AIDS charity. Paul Morris doesn’t think Str8UpGayPorn should be “profiting” off something it disagrees with, and because Treasure Island Media is in such a special breed of studios, I’m willing to make a rare exception and agree with him on this issue.
Please use this link to buy a copy of Viral Loads. Or, use this link to buy a membership to TIMFuck. Or, use this link to buy a membership to TIMSuck (the all oral site). Every cent from every commission check Treasure Island Media sends Str8UpGayPorn will be donated to one of the AIDS charities below. And, the donation will be made on behalf of “Paul Morris & Treasure Island Media.” Stay tuned for periodic updates as affiliate payment(s) come in and the donation(s) are made.
All of these are worthwhile charities, but please help me in selecting the one you think would most stand to benefit from Paul Morris and Treasure Island Media.
Depending on what type of membership you purchase, Str8UpGayPorn earns anywhere from $3 to $40 per sale, so don’t forget to use these links, which will ultimately help those living with HIV/AIDS:
TIMFuck
TIMSuck
Viral Loads
