Don Hazen, executive editor of AlterNet, gives a favorable review to Robert Jensen’s new book, Pornography and the End of Masculinity. For information on how to get a copy, email Stop Porn Culture. Here is an excerpt from the review (explicit language): I have always been part of the collective liberal progressive libertarian value system that […]
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We have heard that the Valley Advocate, our local alternative weekly, prides itself on championing the cause of the underdog. Unfortunately, if that underdog is female, another champion will need to be found.In the back pages of the Advocate, and on their websites, you will find ads like the following:Escorts, Massage, or TVs/TS REBEKA Sweet, Sexy […]
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The world’s largest software company casually throws around the word “pimp” to sell people on Windows Live. It doesn’t get much more mainstream than that. When you consider what pimping is generally about–the abusive physical control of women to turn tricks for cash–it takes your breath away. Feel free to give Microsoft your opinion.See also:Realities […]
As a follow up to Children for Sale on Craigslist, we are pleased to see that law enforcement is becoming savvy to the sex trade’s use of this venue. The New York Times reports on September 4: “Craigslist has become the high-tech 42nd Street, where much of the solicitation takes place now,” said Richard McGuire, […]
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Rick Porras is Executive Director of Operations and Business Affairs at Met-Cap Management. Met-Cap is one of the several affiliates and aliases under which porn studio Metro and adult chain Capital Video conduct business. Here is how Mr. Porras’s bio reads at LinkedIn, a business networking site. You will not find the words “porn” or “adult” anywhere in […]
Today’s Gazette publishes a letter from Jessica Grant of Northampton: Driving my children down Summer Street to Market Street as I do several times a week I was disturbed to see a brightly colored sign adorned with stars on the soon-to-be-open porn store on King Street…At what age would a child be able to type […]
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Melissa-Ashley is a porn star with a blog on MySpace. In a post this spring, she comments about her fans… What I’m about to say has been goin’ on for a while now, but lately it’s been really bad and I can’t just hold my tongue about it any longer.Why the fuck do guys insist […]
SmarterTravel.com recently praised Northampton as a tolerant town that’s fun to walk around in… The downtown area is filled with ma-and-pa-owned boutiques, coffee houses, hip restaurants, and theaters housed in historical buildings. Home to Smith College, the nation’s largest liberal arts college for women, this funky little town is well-known for its art–many galleries feature […]
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On 4/6/05, The Local, “Sweden’s News in English”, announced that Swedish civil servants, soldiers and politicians would be required to choose porn-free hotels whenever possible. “In the military, we have been working to curb attitudes that are degrading to women, which in no way can be accepted,” [Major General Åke Jansson] said.The initiative stemmed from […]
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First Amendment or no, it is remarkable how often porn defenders and anti-feminists leap to disrupt and suppress speech they don’t like. August has seen a wave of hacker action against feminist websites, as documented by Encyclopedia Dramatica, a kind of wikipedia for hackers. You may want to use a proxy service when visiting this […]
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