After reading the essay "Travels in Portland" you realize that the main focus is the subculture of explicit porn stars. The narrator/author of the essay explains their trip to Los Angeles where the porn industry is mainly located. On the trip they get to experience it with their own eyes and see the behind the scenes of  making these explicit pornography films. The author eventually plays a role in this and becomes a porn star by exposing herself to the world of men and women porn actors and engaging in their ways by posting explicit videos to the web of herself.