It is our pleasure to publicize this announcement: Our Voices Matter (OVM) is a grassroots, online project that has recently been launched to bring to the forefront the voices of individuals who have been harmed by prostitution, pornography, and trafficking. OVM seeks to provide a safe space for survivors to give voice to how prostitution, […]
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AntiPornActivist.com Launches
We are pleased to pass along this announcement: AntiPornActivist.comWe are proud to (finally) announce the launch of AntiPornActivist.com, our gateway to antiporn activism worldwide.AntiPornActivist.com is designed to be a one-stop resource for any newly minted activist seeking to answer that depressing question, “What can one lonely person do about the vast and powerful porn industry?”Lucky […]
Call for Contributions for the Anthology: To Be Heard
Please forward widely: Call for Contributions for the Anthology: To Be Heard Deadline: April 15, 2009 Dear Brothers and Sisters, We need your knowledge, experience, and understanding. We are looking for essays, poetry, prose poems, creative non-fiction, short stories, micro-fiction, memoir, diary, and multi-genre writing to create a groundbreaking anthology that addresses the connections between […]
Press Release: Action Network to use RNC and Minnesota State Fair to Bring Attention to Problem of Sex Trafficking
We are pleased to present this press release and fact sheet from the Action Network to End Sexual Exploitation in Minnesota… Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseAugust 29, 2008Contacts: Suzanne Koepplinger 612.728.2008 skoepplinger@miwrc.orgCarla Ferrucci 651.646.6177 ex 27 cferrucci@mcbw.org Action Network to use RNC and Minnesota State Fairto bring attention to problem of sex traffickingST. PAUL, MN – […]
Northampton: Feminist Film Series on Sex Trafficking and Exploitation
Local feminists are screening films this month to raise awareness about sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. Both of the following will be shown in the Media Education Foundation Community Room, 60 Masonic Street, Northampton MA. Trade Saturday, June 21, 7pmWhen 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, sets off […]
Dominique Bressi to Compete in June 22 Ironman to Raise Funds for Stop Porn Culture
It is our pleasure to publicize this fundraising appeal from Dominique Bressi. She will compete in the 2008 Coeur D’Alene Ironman on June 22 to raise funds for Stop Porn Culture. Show your support and make your tax-deductible contribution by June 20. I will be racing in the 2008 Coeur D’Alene Ironman, a distinguished athletic […]
StopPornCulture! Launches Website; Online Slide Show Available
We welcome the launch of StopPornCulture!’s website at http://www.stoppornculture.org/. SPC is the newest evolution of a longstanding feminist movement against porn: …With the explosion of technology and increased accessibility of pornography via the internet in the late 1990s and early 2000s, feminists from around the country began to organize meetings to discuss the proliferation of […]
New Low-Cost Option for Institute on Media Madness, July 9-11, Boston
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 […]
Very Intimate Pleasures Loses Another Round in Berlin, CT
Congratulations to NO V.I.P. in Berlin, CT. The Connecticut Supreme Court just upheld Berlin’s ordinance that requires adult-themed businesses to keep at least 250 feet away from residential zones. Very Intimate Pleasures, an adult toy and video shop, had tried to argue that this ordinance was invalid because it had been passed by the town […]
Through the Flame: “Life with a Porn Addict”
We are pleased to republish this post from a forum at ThroughtheFlame.org. While this is a fictional account, it conveys the impact of porn addiction on spouses all too well… Life with a PA – the Dark Side of the Moon A short(ish) fictional journey with the spouse of a PA By FairyG We’ve just […]