Guardian Unlimited, 2001: Martin Amis reports from the high-risk, increasingly violent world of the pornography industry…“Answer me something…” I said to John Stagliano.”How do you account for the emphasis, not just in your…work but in the industry in general, how do you account for the truly incredible emphasis on anal sex?”After a minimal shrug and […]
Month: August 2006
“Damage on Parade: As We Shed Our Inhibitions, We’re Shedding Our Humanity”
Charles Foran writes in the Walrus (March 2006): Sex remains a moral issue for most adults, but not in the way it once was. The movement has been away from the morality of sex itself…to the issue of harm: people getting off on the acts of those who are themselves traumatized and are being traumatized […]
Gazette: “Porn shop part of wide network – Founder of Capital Video has faced criminal charges”
Saturday’s Gazette has a front-page article on Capital Video Corporation and its owner, Kenneth Guarino:“…Attempts to talk with representatives from Capital Video Corp. about its operations and its plans for Northampton have been unsuccessful. According to undated material on Metro Global Media’s Web site, the company said it planned to open as many as 20 Amazing […]
How Is Capital Video Different from Oh My?
Over at mopornnorthampton, we noticed someone asking, now that Capital Video has removed viewing booths from its proposal, how does someone distinguish it from a “sensuality store” like Oh My, which NPN has indicated it has no objection to.We agree this is a judgment call. As reported in a 2006 article in The Republican, “Oh […]
City Council Meeting: Draft Ordinances Circulated
NoPornNorthampton presented 121 new petition signatures at the August 17 Northampton City Council meeting. NPN co-founder Adam Cohen urged city officials to help the owners of 135 King Street find a better tenant than a Capital Video porn shop. To date, NPN’s petition has been signed by 687 Northampton residents and 284 non-residents, or 971 […]
Gail Dines and Robert Jensen: “Pornography Is A Left Issue” (explicit language)
Gail Dines is a professor of American Studies at Wheelock College in Boston. She is helping to organize the National Feminist Antipornography Movement. In her essay with Robert Jensen, “Pornography Is A Left Issue”, she calls on members of the left to apply the same critical thinking to pornography and its impact as they do […]
Fear of Sex
We’d like to highlight these excerpts from “Just a prude? Feminism, pornography, and men’s responsibility”…“Pornography’s opponents, we are told, are afraid of sex.“In one sense, that’s true. I am afraid of sex, of a certain kind. I’m afraid of much of the sex commonly presented in contemporary mass-marketed pornography. I am afraid of sex that […]
National Feminist Antipornography Movement
We are grateful to one of our supporters for calling our attention to the National Feminist Antipornography Movement. This organization focuses on the harms of pornography by challenging the industry and the increasingly pornographic sexuality of the culture. Grounded in a feminist analysis of the sexist, racist and economic oppressions in contemporary society, their goal […]
Northampton Planning: No Sign Yet of Capital Video Planning Board Application
NPN checked in with Northampton’s Office of Planning and Development today. They said as of yet there has been no sign of Capital Video’s Planning Board Application (PDF). This application must be reviewed by the City before construction work can begin on the porn shop at 135 King Street.Capital Video is now too late to have its […]
Porn and Sex Offenders
On August 15, Northampton residents David and Wendy Newton wrote to Robert J. Greeley, leasing agent for 135 King Street, to express their concerns about the impact of the proposed porn shop on local registered sex offenders. Subject: Capital Video/135 King StreetTo all concerned parties:The Department of Justice National Registry of Convicted Sex Offenders lists 12 […]