Massachusetts legislators heard testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn at a hearing on March 16, 1992. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.415). Testimony of D I live in Northampton. When I was a child, five or six years old, the boys in the neighborhood had pornography, and they […]
Month: May 2007
Testimony in Massachusetts: Porn Suggests Abusive Practices
Massachusetts legislators heard testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn at a hearing on March 16, 1992. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.414-415). Testimony of Jaye Morra …I’m a senior at Wheelock College in Boston… I was taking a class with Gail Dines, a professor at Wheelock College, who […]
Gazette: “Porn store opening delayed”
Today’s Gazette reports on the status of Capital Video’s planned porn shop at 135 King Street in Northampton, and comments on the issues surrounding Capital Video’s shop in Springfield at Apremont Triangle. The Northampton store will open in June or early July. Capital Video says construction issues have delayed them at their Northampton site. Meanwhile, […]
Video Presentation: A Content Analysis of 50 of Today’s Top Selling Porn Films (explicit language)
A number of porn defenders claim that anti-porn activists harp on unusual, violent, women-hating examples of porn, and unfairly downplay the existence of ‘artistic’ porn on sites like Suicide Girls. anthonyjk_6319 believes that porn sites like “Gag on My Cock” and “Anal Suffering” are the “exception”, and that the “overwhelming majority of porn (something like […]
Letter to the Gazette: “Addressing prostitution, promiscuity in war on AIDS”
Today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette publishes a letter from Jendi Reiter. Jendi is a co-founder of NoPornNorthampton. One can characterize prostitution and promiscuity as ‘personal choices’, but the problem of containing serious diseases remains. The fact that third parties, such as the spouses of men who frequent prostitutes, are affected by these diseases must also be […]
Springfield Republican Reports on Apremont Triangle Mailing about Amazing.net
Today’s Springfield Republican reports on NoPornNorthampton’s April 30 mailing to voters around Apremont Triangle in Springfield. This mailing noted problems that have been reported around the Amazing.net porn shop there and suggested various ways to mitigate them. The Republican article sheds light on recent and upcoming interactions between Capital Video (the company behind Amazing.net) and […]
June 8-9: Anti-Pornography Slideshow Training in Boston
Do you believe that pornography is related to rape, sexual degradation, and violence in our culture? Do you want to do something to reclaim our culture? The National Feminist Antipornography Movement invites the public to attend two days of Stop! Pornography Training in Boston. The training will take place during Friday, June 8 through Saturday, […]
Springfield Police Commissioner: “…it is fair to say that ‘Amazing’ constitutes an attractive nuisance that contributes to blighted conditions there”
On April 30, we mailed over 1,700 letters to voters around Apremont Triangle in Springfield, noting problems that have been reported around the Amazing.net porn shop there and suggesting various ways to mitigate them. We were pleased to receive the following communication from Springfield Police Commissioner Edward Flynn, which he has given us permission to […]
Testimony in Massachusetts: Porn and a Hostile Living Environment at M.I.T.
Massachusetts legislators heard testimony about peoples’ encounters with porn at a hearing on March 16, 1992. This account appears in In Harm’s Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings (p.412-413). Testimony of Jean M. Moran My name is Jean Moran. I’m currently a graduate student in nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During my […]
Gail Dines Presents: Pornography and Pop Culture (explicit)
Gail Dines is Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Wheelock College in Boston. For 20 years she has lectured across the country against pornography and sexist portrayals of women. A Google video (1 hr 2 min) is now available of the lecture she gave to a rapt audience at the Pornography and Pop Culture […]