NPN’s Jendi Reiter reviews an essay by Sherry Lee Short, “Making hay while the sun shines: The dynamics of rural strip clubs in the American Upper Midwest, and the community response”. This essay is published in Christine Stark & Rebecca Whisnant, eds., Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography (North Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, […]
Feminist Perspective
A Review of Christine Stark, “Girls to boyz: Sex radical women promoting pornography and prostitution”
NPN’s Jendi Reiter reviews an essay by Christine Stark, “Girls to boyz: Sex radical women promoting pornography and prostitution”. This essay is published in Christine Stark & Rebecca Whisnant, eds., Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography (North Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, 2004, pp. 278-91).This is the sixth in a series of reviews of […]
A Review of Adriene Sere, “Sex and feminism: Who is being silenced?”
NPN’s Jendi Reiter reviews an essay by Adriene Sere, “Sex and feminism: Who is being silenced?” This essay is published in Christine Stark & Rebecca Whisnant, eds., Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography (North Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, 2004, pp. 269-274).This is the fifth in a series of reviews of the essays in […]
A Review of D.A. Clarke, “Prostitution for everyone: Feminism, globalisation, and the sex industry”
NPN’s Jendi Reiter reviews an essay by D.A. Clarke, “Prostitution for everyone: Feminism, globalisation, and the sex industry”. This essay is published in Christine Stark & Rebecca Whisnant, eds., Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography (North Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, 2004, pp. 149-205).This is the fourth in a series of reviews of the […]
A Review of Andrea Dworkin, “Pornography, prostitution, and a beautiful and tragic recent story”
NPN’s Jendi Reiter reviews an essay by Andrea Dworkin, “Pornography, prostitution, and a beautiful and tragic recent story”. This essay is published in Christine Stark & Rebecca Whisnant, eds., Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography (North Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, 2004, pp. 137-145).This is the third in a series of reviews of the […]
A Review of Gail Dines, “King Kong and the white woman: Hustler magazine and the demonization of black masculinity” (explicit language)
NPN’s Jendi Reiter reviews an essay by Gail Dines, “King Kong and the white woman: Hustler magazine and the demonization of black masculinity”. This essay is published in Christine Stark & Rebecca Whisnant, eds., Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography (North Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, 2004, pp.89-101).This is the second in a series […]
Hustling the Left
Feminist Nikki Craft created this site to highlight the racism, sexism and human rights abuses endemic to the adult industry, and to challenge Leftists to include pornography in their critique of commercialism and corporate greed. Hustling the Left says liberals should not be taken in by Hustler publisher Larry Flynt’s self-presentation as a persecuted dissident.As […]
A Review of Rebecca Whisnant, “Confronting pornography: Some conceptual basics”
NPN’s Jendi Reiter reviews an essay by Rebecca Whisnant, “Confronting pornography: Some conceptual basics”. This essay is published in Christine Stark & Rebecca Whisnant, eds., Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography (North Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, 2004, pp.15-27).This is the first in a series of reviews of the essays in this book.In “Confronting […]
Capital Video’s Magazine Rack: Bondage, Racism and More
Porn advocates say it celebrates the beauty of the female form, that it is not violent or racist. Let us now celebrate women with a tour through Capital Video’s Wethersfield (CT) porn shop, where NPN bought a large batch of magazines in September.The pictures below are the first of a selection we present for you to […]
Long-time Feminist Voices Support for NPN
Preserving the charm and historic character of Northampton is important to me. I was there last summer for a seminar at Smith and was pleased that some of my writing is housed in the Smith archives in copies of “Equal Times”. In the 70’s I was known as Marcia Womongold, feminist author and activist.Jendi and […]