Safe Passage announces its 7th annual Hot Chocolate Run in Northampton: The Hot Chocolate Run raises funds for Safe Passage, the Hampshire County organization providing shelter, counseling, and advocacy services to women and children who have experienced domestic violence. This event is Safe Passage’s largest fundraising event. We are so fortunate to have the support of thousands of […]
Feminist Perspective
APAN Action Alert: “Tell Newbury Comics executives to dump CDs which promote violence against women”
From the Anti-Porn Activist Network: ACTION ALERT! September 2010 Tell Newbury Comics executives to dump CDs which promote violence against women. Necro’s CD Die!, contains a song so vile that 3 different music retailers have already dropped it (Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Juno.com). The song, “Human Traffic King”, glorifies criminals who kidnap women and force them […]
October 21-23: Anti-Pornography Conference at University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire Womyn’s Club is organizing an anti-pornography conference this October. The conference will take place in Durham, NH and is free to all. See this website for more details. We have asked ourselves: what does an effective community response to sexual violence look like? When a community decides to come together to meet in […]
CNN Interviews Gail Dines: “Has porn hijacked sexuality?”
CNN today interviews Professor Gail Dines, author of Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality. Professor Dines is a founder of Stop Porn Culture! See also: Dr. Gail Dines: “Pornography Debases Men, Women & Culture” – Video (6/25/10) Gail Dines Presents: Pornography and Pop Culture (explicit) Gail Dines: “Penn, Porn and Me” (7/1/08) Now Showing at Amazing.net: The War […]
Dr. Gail Dines: “Pornography Debases Men, Women & Culture” – Video
Dr. Gail Dines gives a 9-minute PornHarms.com briefing on “Pornography Debases Men, Women & Culture”. Dr. Dines just published PORNLAND: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality. See also: Gail Dines Presents: Pornography and Pop Culture (explicit) Gail Dines is Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Wheelock College in Boston. For 20 years she has lectured across the country […]
Anti-Porn Feminists: “Dumb MRA says dumb MRA things”
The London-based Anti-Porn Feminists blog has kindly given us permission to reprint their February 9 article, “Dumb MRA says dumb MRA things”. It’s full of great rebuttals to common arguments raised by porn defenders. An MRA is a Men’s Rights Activist. Dumb MRA says dumb MRA thingsI know, complaining about dumb MRAs being dumb is like […]
Jendi Reiter: “Anarchists and Misogyny”
We are reprinting this article by kind permission of JendiReiter.com: Anarchists and MisogynyI became friends with radical feminist activist and author Lierre Keith four years ago when my husband and I began working to raise awareness of women’s oppression by prostitution and pornography. (See our website NoPornNorthampton for more information.) Lierre’s latest book is The […]
March 10: Professor Gail Dines Presents “Supersexed” at Holyoke Community College
Wheelock College professor of sociology and women’s studies Dr. Gail Dines makes a special visit to Holyoke Community College tomorrow (directions). The public is invited. Don’t miss it!See also:June 12-13, 2010: Stop Porn Culture – An International Feminist Anti-Pornography ConferenceGail Dines: “Penn, Porn and Me” (7/1/08)Gail Dines Presents: Pornography and Pop Culture (explicit)Here are selected […]
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. 80% of transnational victims of human trafficking are women and girls. Visit the Polaris Project‘s page on Change.org to get informed and help pass anti-trafficking legislation.The Reverend Elizabeth Kaeton, an Episcopal priest in New Jersey, blogs at Telling Secrets about social justice and feminist issues in the […]
Center for Public Integrity Report: Sexual Assault on Campus
The Center for Public Integrity published a valuable report on campus sexual assault on December 1. In an email to members they write: Students who have been the victim of sexual assaults on college campuses face a depressing litany of barriers that often either assure their silence or leave them feeling victimized a second time, according […]