We welcome this statement from NOMAS: The National Organization for Men Against SexismFor Immediate Release:NOMAS Applauds Senator Reid’sStand Against ProstitutionThe abuse of women in prostitution is among the most visible and shameful injustices in the U.S. today, and Nevada is the epicenter of this ugly industry in North America.Senator Harry Reid’s recent urging, that Nevada […]
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From the website of Stop Porn Culture!Come to Boston for a week of feminist theory and activism. Stop Porn Culture presents three back-to-back events. Participants can attend one, two, or all three.June 25-26Radical Feminist SeminarTwo days of education, organizing, and networking. Women from all over the world will be exploring classic and contemporary radical feminism […]
***********CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS***********Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and Activism is looking for contributions for our upcoming issue on Disability (deadline March 1, 2011): How do women define and experience disability? How do ableism and disability oppression affect our lives? How does disability intersect with and inform other social/political identities and struggles? […]
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Today’s Daily Mail reports on life at the Playboy mansion of Hugh Hefner: Hefner likes to have anywhere between three and 15 girlfriends at any one time. One of the group will be chosen to be Girlfriend No 1. She will share Hefner’s bedroom at all times, while the others are merely visitors… ‘Every Friday […]
The Huffington Post reports this week on an investigation by the Associated Press: Lured by unsupervised, third-party brokers with promises of steady jobs and a chance to sightsee, some foreign college students on summer work programs in the U.S. get a far different taste of life in America.An Associated Press investigation found students forced to work […]
Dr. Melissa Farley has kindly given us permission to reprint this article. Visit her website at Prostitution Research & Education. The real harms of prostitution MELISSA FARLEY WWW.PROSTITUTIONRESEARCH.COM Before we decide whether to legalise prostitution, it is important to know what prostitution is and what it is not. It is not a job like any […]
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Reiter’s Block has kindly given us permission to reprint this article: A Stockholm Syndrome in Women’s Poetics? Gently Read Literature is a monthly web journal of essays on contemporary poetry and literary fiction. In “The Myth of Women’s Masochism”, her essay in the September issue, Stephanie Cleveland takes aim at the eroticizing of violence by […]
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Washington Post ombudsman Andy Alexander announces welcome news in his September 29 blog post: Post will no longer accept massage parlor ads The Post, long criticized for running massage-parlor ads, has decided it will no longer accept them. An internal note, e-mailed Tuesday to The Post’s advertising staff, said: “This is to let you know […]
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The September/October 2010 issue of Poets & Writers magazine has an outstanding article on Mike McGrady, who co-authored Ordeal with Linda Lovelace. Some excerpts: Linda’s tale was a harrowing journey into the depths of hell. She was raped, she was pimped, she was held hostage, and she was forced to do things that nobody would do […]
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Ars Technica reports today: Ex-child prostitute sues Village Voice over sex ads A teenage child trafficking victim has filed a lawsuit against Village Voice Media, for knowingly allowing her pimp to post ads for her “services” on the popular backpage.com. The pimp, Latasha Jewell McFarland, has already pleaded guilty to prostitution charges, but the victim […]
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