We’re glad to see this impressive 5/24/11 article is the most popular at VanityFair.com today. Among other things, it notes how escort ads in The Hartford Advocate facilitate prostitution. As Northampton honors the abolitionist and feminist legacy of Sojourner Truth this weekend, perhaps our local Valley Advocate will take a long, hard look in the mirror. […]
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Dr. Robert Brannon, chair of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism, has published a fine analysis of choice and consent in prostitution. Here are a few excerpts from “Does Consensual Prostitution Exist?”: If we say that a person (e.g. a woman) is consenting to have sexual intercourse with a stranger, what actually do we, […]
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Open publication at issuu.com (free)See also:Abolishing Prostitution: The Swedish Solution – An Interview with Gunilla Ekberg by the Rain and Thunder CollectiveHuffington Post: “Break the Chains of Modern Slavery: End Demand”After years of parliamentary debate, in 1999 Swedes passed the Sex Purchase Law, which criminalized buying and decriminalized selling sex. This placed the emphasis on […]
Lisa L. Thompson, Liaison for the Abolition of Sexual Trafficking, The Salvation Army National Headquarters, has kindly authorized us to share this chart. She developed it for the Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAAST). Preferred Terminology for Sex Trafficking and Prostitution See also:Kristyn Komarnicki Writes about Choices…I really struggle with calling these women ‘sex […]
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Kristyn Komarnicki is the editor of PRISMmagazine.org. She provides an excellent comment under Amy Ernst’s March 1 opinion piece for The New York Times, “Notes From a Young American in Congo: Sex Workers”. Here’s an excerpt: …I really struggle with calling these women ‘sex workers.’ Work implies a level of dignity and choice that is […]
We welcome this statement from NOMAS: The National Organization for Men Against SexismFor Immediate Release:NOMAS Applauds Senator Reid’sStand Against ProstitutionThe abuse of women in prostitution is among the most visible and shameful injustices in the U.S. today, and Nevada is the epicenter of this ugly industry in North America.Senator Harry Reid’s recent urging, that Nevada […]
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From the website of Stop Porn Culture!Come to Boston for a week of feminist theory and activism. Stop Porn Culture presents three back-to-back events. Participants can attend one, two, or all three.June 25-26Radical Feminist SeminarTwo days of education, organizing, and networking. Women from all over the world will be exploring classic and contemporary radical feminism […]
***********CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS***********Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and Activism is looking for contributions for our upcoming issue on Disability (deadline March 1, 2011): How do women define and experience disability? How do ableism and disability oppression affect our lives? How does disability intersect with and inform other social/political identities and struggles? […]
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Today’s Daily Mail reports on life at the Playboy mansion of Hugh Hefner: Hefner likes to have anywhere between three and 15 girlfriends at any one time. One of the group will be chosen to be Girlfriend No 1. She will share Hefner’s bedroom at all times, while the others are merely visitors… ‘Every Friday […]
The Huffington Post reports this week on an investigation by the Associated Press: Lured by unsupervised, third-party brokers with promises of steady jobs and a chance to sightsee, some foreign college students on summer work programs in the U.S. get a far different taste of life in America.An Associated Press investigation found students forced to work […]