It was supposed to be a big year for Jessica Drake. The popular porn performer, director and sex educator had several studio scenes, dancing gigs, workshops and speaking engagements lined up for the year.
Then the coronavirus hit North America and turned her life, the porn industry and the entire world upside down. “It’s all come to a screeching halt,” Drake told Global News. “Basically, my whole year is cancelled.” Now she spends her days in self-isolation at her home in California, like so many others who are trying to avoid COVID-19.
But for someone whose job is based on having sex with others, it’s been a particularly challenging period of self-isolation. “On any given day, my emotions range from anxious, to panicky, to resolute and