Love is a verb

the title of this post SHOULD express it all, but sadly, as I witnessed tonight, it doesn't. After two days in bed sick, I was finally feeling well enough to get up and attend a benefit thrown for my best pal, the one and only beautiful adorable Nina Hartley. She is a world famous legendary sex-positive feminist porn star. She has had, I believe, the single most enduring career in her industry - 27 years now, and still going strong. She is funny, sensitive, brilliant, beautiful, demonstrative, affectionate, and the most generous person I know. And the attendance at the event was so poor I wanted to scream!!!! She has stood up for her industry, and for sex workers and other disenfranchised folk since the beginning of her career! She is an advocate for free speech, big love, and so many other things that matter I cannot begin to list them. I am very angry and hurt that more folks from within her own industry, folks who owe her SO MUCH for being where they are and so few of them even bothered to attend, even those who call her a friend! What the hell???!!!!??? And through it all, she being the amazing class act that she is, kept a big smile on her face and in her eyes and heart, and was so grateful to the people who DID attend, and never once let on how disappointed she must feel. She inspires me every day with who she is. I am a zillion times better human since I know her, and I wish I could wake people up. I'll never stop trying...