Reported yesterday on ABC Nightline: A porn actor’s positive HIV test, which prompted a temporary shutdown of Los Angeles’ billion-dollar adult film industry Monday night, has reignited the debate over mandatory condom use in X-rated productions…“Testing is not a substitute for condom use, and it never will be,” said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS […]
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We’re glad to see this impressive 5/24/11 article is the most popular at VanityFair.com today. Among other things, it notes how escort ads in The Hartford Advocate facilitate prostitution. As Northampton honors the abolitionist and feminist legacy of Sojourner Truth this weekend, perhaps our local Valley Advocate will take a long, hard look in the mirror. […]
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Dr. Robert Brannon, chair of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism, has published a fine analysis of choice and consent in prostitution. Here are a few excerpts from “Does Consensual Prostitution Exist?”: If we say that a person (e.g. a woman) is consenting to have sexual intercourse with a stranger, what actually do we, […]
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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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From the Anti-Porn Activist Network: ACTION ALERT! September 2010 Tell Newbury Comics executives to dump CDs which promote violence against women. Necro’s CD Die!, contains a song so vile that 3 different music retailers have already dropped it (Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Juno.com). The song, “Human Traffic King”, glorifies criminals who kidnap women and force them […]
CNN reports today: Adult services censored on Craigslist Online classified service Craigslist’s decision to censor its adult services section could be a model for other websites, a leader in the fight against prostitution ads said Saturday. “This step is very much in the right direction,” said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who spearheaded a […]
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CNN today presses Craig Newmark on the “adult services” ads that throng Craigslist: Sold on Craigslist: Critics say sex ad crackdown inadequate “Most of the young women we’ve worked with who have been exploited online talk about Craigslist,” said Andrea Powell of the anti-trafficking group The FAIR Fund. “Craigslist is like the Wal-Mart of online […]
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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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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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Today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette publishes a letter to the editor from NoPornNorthampton’s Adam Cohen. Links have been added to the text below for the convenience of the reader. The Gazette (a daily) and the Valley Advocate (an alternative weekly) are owned by the same company, Newspapers of New England, and serve similar regions in Western Massachusetts. Urges […]
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