The November 2007 issue of Harper’s publishes a letter from NPN’s Jendi Reiter, “Boys on the Side”. Reiter is responding to a September article by Laura Kipnis, “Lust and Disgust: A short history of prudery, feminist and otherwise”. In her article, Kipnis reviews Intercourse (Andrea Dworkin), Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It’s Not Bad […]
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New Book – Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections
The Guardian writes about Melissa Farley’s new book, Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections, in its 9/7/07 article, “It’s like you sign a contract to be raped”.Dr. Farley established Prostitution Research & Education in 1995. She is a research and clinical psychologist and author of 25 peer-reviewed publications on sexual violence, prostitution and trafficking. Prostitution […]
Research Paper: “Cruelty’s rewards: The gratifications of perpetrators and spectators”
The hallmark of much of today’s porn is its cruelty. In a content analysis of 50 of today’s top selling porn films, researchers found it rife with verbal and physical aggression: Ana Bridges: “…I’m going to begin to talk about what it is that we found after looking at these 304 scenes in these 50 top […]
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 Osayandespeaks@hotmail.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: […]
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 […]
Sexual Ecology: Porn, Promiscuity, and AIDS (explicit language)
Gabriel Rotello published Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men in 1997. The Nation described it as “The most important book about AIDS and gay men since And The Band Played On. And it is far better.” The Boston Globe wrote, “Rotello’s ambitious book is the Silent Spring of the AIDS epidemic.” NPN’s […]
Testimony from Northampton Shelter for Battered Women: Half of Abusers Use Pornography as a Part of the Abuse (explicit)
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.423-425). Submission of Gail Kielson, Boston, Massachusetts My name is Gail Kielson and I work at Necessities/Necesidades, an organization in Northampton, Massachusetts that provides services to battered […]
D.A. Clarke: Women Adopting Men’s Bad Habits Is Not the Answer
Recently “Sarah Coeur d’Or” criticized us for not publishing some of her comments. If we claim we care about the participation of women in public debates, she argues, then we are obliged to publish the comments from all people claiming to be women, regardless of the merits of these comments. We disagree. That an opinion […]
Testimony in Massachusetts: The Lasting Impact of Growing Up in a Porn-Filled Home
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.421-423). Submission of Kathleen O’Neill Alexander, March 16, 1992, Boston MassachusettsI have been a rape crisis coordinator and counselor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. I […]
Testimony in Massachusetts: Porn and a Hostile Work Environment in Carpentry
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.420-421). Submission of Mary Ann Cloherty, March 12, 1992, Boston, Massachusetts Working as a woman in a non-traditional job (union carpentry) I have encountered many covert and […]