Pioneer Valley Gets 300+ Posters This Week to Protest Valley Advocate Escort Ads

NoPornNorthampton in conjunction with Our Voices Matter is putting up over 300 posters (download full-size PDF) throughout Pioneer Valley this week. Contact Daily Hampshire Gazette/Valley Advocate Publisher Jim Foudy and ask him to drop massage/escort ads from the Valley Advocate. See also:Not For Sale Media Project: Downloadable Posters MSNBC Investigates Human Trafficking and Prostitution in the […]

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Jendi Reiter: “Anarchists and Misogyny”

We are reprinting this article by kind permission of JendiReiter.com: Anarchists and MisogynyI became friends with radical feminist activist and author Lierre Keith four years ago when my husband and I began working to raise awareness of women’s oppression by prostitution and pornography. (See our website NoPornNorthampton for more information.) Lierre’s latest book is The […]

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Press Release: “Nevada Attorney General Masto Announces Ninth Circuit Court Decision Limiting Brothel Advertising”

Click to download a PDF of this press release:See also:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (07-16633): Coyote Publishing v. Miller (PDF, 148KB, 3/11/10)…The State of Nevada, alone among the states, [permits] the sale of sexual services in some of its counties.1 Nevada combines partial legalization of prostitution with stringent licensing and regulation, including […]

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Norman Doidge, MD: “Acquiring Tastes and Loves: What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us About Sexual Attraction and Love”

The Witherspoon Institute has gathered a number of valuable papers together in The Social Costs of Pornography Consultation (2008). We particularly recommend a paper from Norman Doidge, MD: “Acquiring Tastes and Loves: What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us About Sexual Attraction and Love” (PDF). Some excerpts: The current porn epidemic gives a graphic demonstration that sexual tastes […]

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March 10: Professor Gail Dines Presents “Supersexed” at Holyoke Community College

Wheelock College professor of sociology and women’s studies Dr. Gail Dines makes a special visit to Holyoke Community College tomorrow (directions). The public is invited. Don’t miss it!See also:June 12-13, 2010: Stop Porn Culture – An International Feminist Anti-Pornography ConferenceGail Dines: “Penn, Porn and Me” (7/1/08)Gail Dines Presents: Pornography and Pop Culture (explicit)Here are selected […]

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March 25: Modern Day Slavery – Panel and Discussion in Boston

See also:Hunt Alternatives Fund: Demand AbolitionDemand Abolition supports the modern-day slavery movement by combating the demand for sex trafficking. By conducting and disseminating research, convening key stakeholders to share best practices, and educating policymakers, Demand Abolition catalyzes systemic social change to reflect the dignity of all people.National Human Trafficking Resource CenterMSNBC Investigates Human Trafficking and […]

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March 9: Legislative Trials and Triumphs in Combating Demand for Commercial Sex

From 3:00-4:30pm on March 9 (US Eastern time), The Comparative Urban Studies Project of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will make available a live webcast of conduct its second discussion in the Demand Dynamics of Sex Trafficking Speaker Series co-sponsored by Hunt Alternatives Fund. To learn more about this event or to attend in […]

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June 12-13: Stop Porn Culture – An International Feminist Anti-Pornography Conference

We are pleased to publicize this event from Stop Porn Culture:Stop Porn Culture:An International Feminist Anti-Pornography ConferenceJune 12-13, 2010Wheelock College, Boston MAIn March 2007, over 500 people gathered at a conference in Boston to help re-ignite a progressive and feminist movement against pornography. Our second national conference will once again bring together activists, academics, researchers, […]

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Gazette: “Hadley prostitution was linked to sprawling criminal enterprise”

The February 6 and 8 editions of the Daily Hampshire Gazette devote long articles to the cases of Jane’s Spa, Hadley Massage Therapy, Chinese Massage and several other area establishments “busted and shut down for prostitution” in late 2009. Two of these articles are cited below. Now if only the Gazette would train its scrutiny on its sister publication […]

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Springfield Republican Reports on Strippers Lawsuit Against Strip Clubs

The February 5 Springfield Republican reports on a class-action suit filed by exotic dancers against area strip clubs: A class-action suit filed by exotic dancers over what they say are unfair labor practices at the Mardi Gras and four other area strip clubs parallels a similar suit filed by dancers earlier this year against a […]

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