Pornography has done a lot of good—really, it has. The art form helped you through “the talk” with your parents.

Your father, stammering: “Now, son … when a man and a—”

You: “Yeah, I know, Dad.”

Its stars, like Jenna Jameson and Traci Lords, were your first sex-ed instructors. And it made sex less mysterious and less dirty—more like a fun activity to do with a friend.

Even post-puberty, if you want to spice things up in your life, you needn’t look further than one of the millions of films that have examples of tricks to add to your repertoire. And if you ever feel ashamed of a certain fetish, it takes five seconds and an internet connection to see that other people share your turn-on.

At its core, though, porn is entertainment. Like celebrities of stage and screen, the stars of the adult film industry have tremendous followings. Headliners range from bushy to siliconed to tattooed to (thanks to adult “tubes”) literally the girl next door. And when inked guys and dolls made the jump from alt porn to mainstream X-rated releases, it wasn’t just a coup for the actors and actresses; it was a sign that tattoos had been embraced by the masses—considered universally sexy.

To celebrate, we asked the hottest inked women in the business to take down their hair, slip off their Lucite heels, and change out of their cheerleading, French maid, and hot teacher costumes for this stunning pictorial.