We are pleased to publicize this new low-cost educational opportunity from Wheelock College and Stop Porn Culture: We’ve had overwhelming interest in scholarships to the summer institute on Media Madness. In order to accommodate as many people as possible, we are offering a two and a half day training as an alternative to the full […]
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Fourth Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution (explicit language)
The Burning Times has kindly given us permission to reprint the Fourth Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution. See the first three carnivals here. Fourth Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution April 26, 2008 by Debs Hi again everyone, and welcome to the fourth edition of the Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution! Once again, thank you so […]
Register Now for Media Madness: The Impact of Sex, Violence, & Commercial Culture on Adults, Children, & Society, July 8-11, Boston
We encourage all anti-porn activists to consider attending this summer institute at the Boston campus of Wheelock College. Media Madness: The Impact of Sex, Violence, & Commercial Culture on Adults, Children, & Society Dates: Tuesday July 8 – Friday July 11, 2008 Faculty: Gail Dines, Chair and Professor of American Studies, & Diane Levin, Professor […]
Report of assault at kink.com, a San Francisco torture pornography production company (explicit language)
This article originally appeared on January 16 on the Traffick Jamming blog at Prostitution Research & Education. We are reprinting it by kind permission. A post about a woman who’d been brutally assaulted as part of a production at kink.com in San Francisco appeared on Luke Ford’s blog www.lukeisback.com [explicit site] on January 10, 2008. […]
Stop Porn Culture and Wheelock College Announce a Summer Institute, July 8-11, Boston, MA
We are pleased to publicize the following announcement from Stop Porn Culture:Media Madness: The Impact of Sex, Violence and Commercial Culture on Adults, Children and SocietyA Summer Institute for Educators, Students, Human Service Professionals, Activists and ParentsJuly 8-11, 2008, Wheelock College, BostonFor the 14th consecutive year, Wheelock College is offering a very popular summer institute […]
New Study: Men Still Outpace Women in Porn Consumption
A new study out of Brigham Young University finds that men still substantially outpace women in porn consumption. 86.1% of the male respondents said they had viewed porn in the past year, versus 31.0% of the women. Among the men, 21.3% said they viewed porn every day or almost every day, versus just 1.0% of the […]
Springfield Republican: “Ryan shuts adult shop booths”
Capital Video must close the porn viewing booths at its Springfield store, Mayor Charles V. Ryan ruled on November 20. The store is located at Apremont Triangle. NoPornNorthampton mailed over 1,700 letters to this neighborhood on April 30. We asked residents to encourage the Mayor to address problems caused by this store.Northampton attorney Thomas Lesser tried […]
AP: “U.S. sets record in sexual disease cases”
Much of today’s mainstream porn advocates practices favorable to the spread of disease. Common messages include: Have sex with lots of partners Have unprotected sex Have high-risk sex (e.g. “ass-to-mouth”; ejaculation in or around the eyes)STD rates among porn performers themselves are extraordinarily high.AP reports this week that rates for several sexually-transmitted diseases are rising […]
“Bin The Bunny” Targets Playboy UK (explicit language)
It is our pleasure to publicize Bin The Bunny, a new initiative from the London branch of Anti-Porn UK. The campaign aims to draw attention to the fact that Playboy Enterprises, while marketing itself as a stylish and sophisticated brand, is a pornography company. Playboy Enterprises draws its income from the exploitation and degradation of […]
Why Jersey Jaxin Left Porn
We’d like to share more excellent material from Against Pornography, a website by Maggie Hays. Survivor of childhood sexual abuse and ex-pornography performer, Jersey Jaxin was recently interviewed by former porn actress and anti-porn crusader Shelley Lubben. During this interview, Jersey explained why she quit porn, how harmful to one’s health the porn industry can be, […]