We are pleased to publicize this announcement from Stop Porn Culture: Stop Porn Culture will be holding our next slideshow training at Wheelock College in Boston, MA. It will begin on Friday, June 5 at 5pm and end on Sunday, June 7 at 3pm. The cost is $50, with no one turned away for lack […]
Feminist Perspective
Abolishing Prostitution: The Swedish Solution – An Interview with Gunilla Ekberg by the Rain and Thunder Collective
Rain and Thunder has kindly made this interview available for us to share with you. You may also download it as a PDF (33KB). Abolishing Prostitution: The Swedish Solution An Interview with Gunilla Ekberg by the Rain and Thunder Collective Published in Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and Activism, Issue 41, […]
“She Reads Virgina Woolf”, a Poem by Ellaraine Lockie
We are pleased to present Ellaraine Lockie’s “She Reads Virginia Woolf”, the winning entry in the 2008 Skysaje Enterprises Poetry Contest. It is reprinted with permission. She Reads Virgina Woolf by Ellaraine Lockie As she slept he’d finger-walk all the way up her underarm Soft, like snow falling over the shoulder, ear, lips Sleep melted […]
“To Mary Magdalen, with thanks”, a Poem by Vicki Goodfellow Duke
We are pleased to present “To Mary Magdalen, with thanks”. This poem won an Honorable Mention in the 2005 Utmost Christian Poetry Contest. It is reprinted with permission: To Mary Magdalen, with thanks by Vicki Goodfellow Duke savior of pretty girls slammed into doors bloodied by steel-toed boots, tripping in heels through the night retching […]
Huffington Post: “Break the Chains of Modern Slavery: End Demand”
The 12/2/08 Huffington Post has an outstanding article on getting at the root of prostitution and sex trafficking. Far from an immutable part of human society, it is entirely possible to diminish commercial sexual exploitation–and the demand for it–within a matter for years, for countries with a will and the right approach. Here’s an excerpt: […]
Announcing: Our Voices Matter
It is our pleasure to publicize this announcement: Our Voices Matter (OVM) is a grassroots, online project that has recently been launched to bring to the forefront the voices of individuals who have been harmed by prostitution, pornography, and trafficking. OVM seeks to provide a safe space for survivors to give voice to how prostitution, […]
Call for Contributions for the Anthology: To Be Heard
Please forward widely: Call for Contributions for the Anthology: To Be Heard Deadline: April 15, 2009 Dear Brothers and Sisters, We need your knowledge, experience, and understanding. We are looking for essays, poetry, prose poems, creative non-fiction, short stories, micro-fiction, memoir, diary, and multi-genre writing to create a groundbreaking anthology that addresses the connections between […]
A Film by Chyng Sun – The Price of Pleasure
From the website of Chyng Sun: Dr. Chyng Sun is a Master Teacher of Media Studies at New York University. In addition to her scholarly research on gender, sexuality and race in the media, Dr. Sun is the creator of the documentaries Mickey Mouse Monopoly and Beyond Good and Evil. Her latest research investigated the […]
Press Release: Action Network to use RNC and Minnesota State Fair to Bring Attention to Problem of Sex Trafficking
We are pleased to present this press release and fact sheet from the Action Network to End Sexual Exploitation in Minnesota… Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseAugust 29, 2008Contacts: Suzanne Koepplinger 612.728.2008 skoepplinger@miwrc.orgCarla Ferrucci 651.646.6177 ex 27 cferrucci@mcbw.org Action Network to use RNC and Minnesota State Fairto bring attention to problem of sex traffickingST. PAUL, MN – […]
A Review of Stripped: Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers
NPN’s Jendi Reiter reviews Bernadette Barton’s Stripped: Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers (New York & London: New York University Press, 2006)… In the debate over the morality of stripping, each camp typically puts forward a one-sided image of the exotic dancer as victim, slut, or feminist heroine. Bernadette Barton, a sociology and women’s studies […]