ColoradoBiz Magazine reports that SoCoAds.com is taking aim at Craigslist in southern Colorado. The new venture is backed by 12 broadcast stations and the Colorado Springs Independent. Categories of classified ads include vehicles, real estate, employment, rentals, merchandise, services and entertainment. Most ads are free. Notable categories that are excluded are “prostitution services and other questionable listings”.See also:New […]
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Local Buzz: “The sex talk”
This month’s Local Buzz, a sister publication of The Republican, publishes “The sex talk: The Valley’s struggle with porn, the left, elitism, and an industry leaning local”. Reporter Bill Peters talks to various personalities around the valley about their experience with the issue.Peters speaks with a few former porn performers who have had relatively positive experiences with […]
Boston Globe: “Spike in violence in middle schools raises concerns”
Yesterday’s Boston Globe notes that violence and sexual harassment are becoming more common in middle schools in Massachusetts. Specialists lay the blame in part on images and attitudes in media. Here are excerpts: Spike in violence in middle schools raises concernsEducators, police, and national school violence specialists struggle to explain rising violence among younger students, […]
Press Release: MISOGYNY & THE EMCEE: RACE, SEX & HIP HOP by Ewuare X. Osayande
We are pleased to relay the following press release…Talking Drum CommunicationsP.O. Box 42634, Philadelphia, PA 19101 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ewuare Osayande (215) 397-4780 Os************@ho*****.com Activist Takes on the Rap Industry’s Exploitation of Women in New Book MISOGYNY & THE EMCEE: RACE, SEX & HIP HOP Forthcoming Book of Essays by Ewuare X. Osayande Publication Date: […]
Gazette: “Strip club ouster ends with carjacking”
When adult enterprises bring crime and blight to their environs, this is called secondary effects. Castaway Lounge, a strip club in Whately, just added to our region’s experience with secondary effects on Friday. Today’s Gazette reports: Nicholas J. Turco, 31, of Mount Holly, and Lief J. Olson, 27, of Windsor, have both been charged with […]
AlterNet Reviews Robert Jensen’s Pornography and the End of Masculinity
Don Hazen, executive editor of AlterNet, gives a favorable review to Robert Jensen’s new book, Pornography and the End of Masculinity. For information on how to get a copy, email Stop Porn Culture. Here is an excerpt from the review (explicit language): I have always been part of the collective liberal progressive libertarian value system that […]
Ask the Valley Advocate to Stop Profiting from the Sexual Exploitation of Women
We have heard that the Valley Advocate, our local alternative weekly, prides itself on championing the cause of the underdog. Unfortunately, if that underdog is female, another champion will need to be found.In the back pages of the Advocate, and on their websites, you will find ads like the following:Escorts, Massage, or TVs/TS REBEKA Sweet, Sexy […]
MSN UK: Pimp My Live
The world’s largest software company casually throws around the word “pimp” to sell people on Windows Live. It doesn’t get much more mainstream than that. When you consider what pimping is generally about–the abusive physical control of women to turn tricks for cash–it takes your breath away. Feel free to give Microsoft your opinion.See also:Realities […]
New York Times: “As Prostitutes Turn to Craigslist, Law Takes Notice”
As a follow up to Children for Sale on Craigslist, we are pleased to see that law enforcement is becoming savvy to the sex trade’s use of this venue. The New York Times reports on September 4: “Craigslist has become the high-tech 42nd Street, where much of the solicitation takes place now,” said Richard McGuire, […]
Rick Porras, Capital Video Executive, Would Rather You Not Know He Is a Pornographer (explicit language)
Rick Porras is Executive Director of Operations and Business Affairs at Met-Cap Management. Met-Cap is one of the several affiliates and aliases under which porn studio Metro and adult chain Capital Video conduct business. Here is how Mr. Porras’s bio reads at LinkedIn, a business networking site. You will not find the words “porn” or “adult” anywhere in […]