Gender studies professor Hugo Schwyzer revisits the porn issue on his blog this week with a response to critics who wonder why Christian activists are more concerned about porn than graphic violence in movies: “Porn is just about sex”, folks say; “violence is so much worse.” Surely it’s misplaced puritanism to get so worked up […]
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Citizens gave testimony about their encounters with porn and those who consume porn to the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 12, 1983. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.103-106). Testimony of E. M. I want to tell you how pornography has affected my life, how I am fighting […]
Citizens gave testimony about their encounters with porn and those who consume porn to the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 12, 1983. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.101-103). Testimony of Ms. M When I was thirteen, I was camping with the Girl Scouts in Northern Wisconsin. It […]
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directNIC helps people register domain names on the Internet. They are the registrar for MetroOnDemand.com, one of Capital Video’s websites. We recently asked directNIC to decline Capital Video’s business, and we invite the pubic to contact directNIC and support our request. We wrote on January 31 [web links added]: Dear directNIC, Your Paid Hosting Terms […]
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Jenna Jameson is probably the most famous porn star living today. She speaks here with an Australian newspaper about her childhood in “The porn broker”… She was born Jenna Massoli in Las Vegas in 1974. Her mother, Judy, was a showgirl; her father, Larry, worked in a grocery store, but had served in Vietnam and […]
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Today’s Gazette publishes three letters regarding the Ned Selavka situation. Selavka, a local teacher of young children, has been charged with possession of child pornography.Donna and Kathy Wilkins-Carmody of Northampton write, “One of the things my family and I love so dearly about the Pioneer Valley is the progressive thinking and open-mindedness. However, when these […]
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Kenneth Guarino owns 100% of the capital stock of Capital Video, the company planning to locate a hard-core porn shop at 135 King Street. We have documented his background and attitude in these previous posts: Capital Video Owner Kenneth Guarino “was associated with Natale Richichi, a capo in the Gambino family of La Cosa Nostra” […]
Today’s Gazette has two articles relating to the Edgar Selavka child pornography case, “Teacher’s arrest compels frank talk on pedophilia” and “Conversations key to children’s safety”. Here are excerpts from the latter: The best way to protect a child from a sexual predator is through consistent education and direct conversations, experts say… [Peter Pollard, public […]
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Linda Marchiano, known as Linda Lovelace, is the star of perhaps the most famous porn film of all time, Deep Throat (1972). She gave this testimony to the Minneapolis Government Operations Committee on December 12, 1983. It is published in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.60-68). I literally became a prisoner. I […]
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Congratulations to Laura Michaud for launching NO V.I.P. in Berlin, CT. She is doing a great job organizing opposition to a giant new Very Intimate Pleasures store attempting to set up in Berlin. The proposed store is less than 250 feet from homes, in clear violation of Berlin ordinance and common sense. V.I.P. general manager […]
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