The Republican for some reason is making a big deal out of the state’s request that NoPornNorthampton register as a charity. We are not professional fundraisers, so some of the niceties of political action are new to us, but we have no problem with registering with the state if that’s what the law requires. We […]
Continue reading Response to “State tells anti-porn group to stop soliciting money”
Preserving the charm and historic character of Northampton is important to me. I was there last summer for a seminar at Smith and was pleased that some of my writing is housed in the Smith archives in copies of “Equal Times”. In the 70’s I was known as Marcia Womongold, feminist author and activist.Jendi and […]
Wednesday’s Gazette reports on the 9/28 ordinance committee/planning board meeting. It notes how residents near 135 King Street expressed concern about a porn shop locating there: “It’s a neighborhood that has made halfway houses and recovery programs welcome,” Mike Kirby, of 17 Summer St., said of the area around the proposed adult video store. “It’s […]
Continue reading Gazette: “Proposed rules for ‘adult’ businesses find favor”
A lone member of NPN decided to swing by 135 King Street late this afternoon to see if there was any activity there. We observed about eight pro-porn protesters. On seeing the member of NPN, some of these protesters began shouting “pedophile”! In this picture, the protesters appear to be interacting with a passerby in […]
Continue reading Pro-Porn Protesters Shout Out Slander, Make Threats
J. Wesley Boyd manages to pack nearly every bad argument in defense of the King Street porn shop into his 10/4 Gazette guest column, “The sexism of porn critics”. He declines to engage with the evidence of secondary effects presented at NoPornNorthampton. He absurdly equates a porn shop with a supermarket. He ignores the actual […]
Continue reading A Response to J. Wesley Boyd, “The sexism of porn critics”
Mopornnorthampton, offline for weeks, returned to service in late September. This site, a creation of Jeff Hobbs, Jennifer Ruggieri, and perhaps others, tries to make the King Street porn shop issue a matter of “free speech” and “free trade” with arguments that we address in our FAQ (see on the left).Recently moporn decided to indulge […]
Continue reading Mopornnorthampton Returns, Mocks King Street as “Unspoilt Jewel of the Northeast”
Porn defenders tend to dismiss the notion of secondary effects, that adult uses can reduce property values, create economic dead zones, heighten crime and change a neighborhood’s character. The fact is, however, that secondary effects have been extensively studied and documented. Here we make available a major Adult Entertainment Study published by New York City’s […]
Continue reading New York City Planners Document Secondary Effects of Adult Uses, Support Zoning