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 […]
Impact of Porn
Bringing Compassion to the First Amendment
Blogger Hugo Schwyzer is a “progressive Anabaptist/Episcopalian Democrat (but with a sense of humor), a community college history and gender studies professor, animal rights activist, ENFP Gemini, avid marathoner, aspiring ultra-runner, die-hard political junkie, and (still) the proud father of the most amazing chinchilla on God’s green earth.”On August 25, Schwyzer reprinted the post that […]
Martin Amis: “A rough trade” (explicit)
Guardian Unlimited, 2001: Martin Amis reports from the high-risk, increasingly violent world of the pornography industry…“Answer me something…” I said to John Stagliano.”How do you account for the emphasis, not just in your…work but in the industry in general, how do you account for the truly incredible emphasis on anal sex?”After a minimal shrug and […]
“Damage on Parade: As We Shed Our Inhibitions, We’re Shedding Our Humanity”
Charles Foran writes in the Walrus (March 2006): Sex remains a moral issue for most adults, but not in the way it once was. The movement has been away from the morality of sex itself…to the issue of harm: people getting off on the acts of those who are themselves traumatized and are being traumatized […]
Gail Dines and Robert Jensen: “Pornography Is A Left Issue” (explicit language)
Gail Dines is a professor of American Studies at Wheelock College in Boston. She is helping to organize the National Feminist Antipornography Movement. In her essay with Robert Jensen, “Pornography Is A Left Issue”, she calls on members of the left to apply the same critical thinking to pornography and its impact as they do […]
Fear of Sex
We’d like to highlight these excerpts from “Just a prude? Feminism, pornography, and men’s responsibility”…“Pornography’s opponents, we are told, are afraid of sex.“In one sense, that’s true. I am afraid of sex, of a certain kind. I’m afraid of much of the sex commonly presented in contemporary mass-marketed pornography. I am afraid of sex that […]
National Feminist Antipornography Movement
We are grateful to one of our supporters for calling our attention to the National Feminist Antipornography Movement. This organization focuses on the harms of pornography by challenging the industry and the increasingly pornographic sexuality of the culture. Grounded in a feminist analysis of the sexist, racist and economic oppressions in contemporary society, their goal […]
Porn and Sex Offenders
On August 15, Northampton residents David and Wendy Newton wrote to Robert J. Greeley, leasing agent for 135 King Street, to express their concerns about the impact of the proposed porn shop on local registered sex offenders. Subject: Capital Video/135 King StreetTo all concerned parties:The Department of Justice National Registry of Convicted Sex Offenders lists 12 […]
Coming Soon Unless You Act: “Use Em’ Abuse Em’ & Lose Em’”
An Open Letter to Barry G. and Annette E. Goldberg of Longmeadow, MADear Mr. and Ms. Goldberg,We are residents of Northampton, concerned that you are about to lease your property at 135 King Street to Kenneth Guarino’s Capital Video Corporation. Mr. Guarino is a major producer and retailer of pornographic material. The proposed site for […]
Multi-Media Presentation: Sex(ism), Identity and Intimacy in a Pornographic Culture
When: 7:30PM, Saturday August 26, 2006Where: The Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic Street, Northampton MA, 413-584-8500Free and open to the public, but not suitable for children under 18From Internet pornography to MTV, popular culture bombards us with sexualized images of idealized women and men, and conveys powerful messages that help shape our sexuality. These pictures […]