Today’s Boston Globe prominently features an article about the porn shop debate in Northampton. Jendi Reiter and Adam Cohen have been called busybodies, Bible-pushers, and Communists since they started fighting to stop an adult video store from opening near their home on the edge of Northampton’s cafe-studded downtown.The couple laughs off most of the name-calling, […]
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Gazette: “Measure takes aim at adult store”
Today’s Gazette features a front-page article on the proposed new ordinance to regulate the size and location of adult businesses:“Mayor Clare Higgins and two city councilors are calling for a zoning amendment that could derail plans for an adult video and magazine store on King Street…“If the proposed ordinance becomes law, it would stand in […]
Pro-Porn Advocates: “Honk If Your Horney!”
Midway into today’s Feminist Action Mobilization protest at 135 King Street, a group of pro-porn advocates (all young men) assembled nearby. Anti-porn activists came over to engage them in debate. A journalist and a photographer from the Boston Globe observed the action.NoPornNorthampton suggested to one of the porn advocates that he read our website to understand our position. […]
Capital Video Proceeds with Porn Shop Plans
After waiting for some weeks, Capital Video yesterday filed an application with Northampton for site-plan approval for its porn shop at 135 King Street. This plan will likely be reviewed at the public meeting of the Northampton Planning Board on October 12. The Gazette and The Republican both report on this development today.The Gazette notes […]
Protest Pictured in Gazette; Letter Criticizes “Moral Police”
Today’s Gazette has a fine photo on page A3 of last Wednesday’s Feminist Action Mobilization protest at 135 King Street:“A local group calling itself the Feminist Action Mobilization has launched a protest against a proposed porn shop under consideration for a building at the corner of King and North streets. The demonstrators say they will […]
Letter to Gazette: “Residents should protest the proposed porn shop”
Today’s Gazette includes a letter to the editor by Pat Styer of Northampton. She writes,“For the past several days I’ve been talking to a lot of people, from strangers to friends, about the proposed Capital Video pornography store that moves toward occupying a large building on the corner of King and North Streets. More than […]
Feminist Action Mobilization Holds First Demonstration at 135 King Street
Members of Feminist Action Mobilization (FAM) rallied today at 135 King Street to show their opposition to a Capital Video porn shop there. Signs and banners greeted afternoon rush-hour commuters at the busy corner of King and North Streets. Many drivers signaled their support with vigorous horn honking.More rallies are scheduled for every Wednesday in September […]