We are pleased to pass along this announcement: AntiPornActivist.comWe are proud to (finally) announce the launch of AntiPornActivist.com, our gateway to antiporn activism worldwide.AntiPornActivist.com is designed to be a one-stop resource for any newly minted activist seeking to answer that depressing question, “What can one lonely person do about the vast and powerful porn industry?”Lucky […]
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 Survey of Adult Video News: Porn Trends and Innovations (explicit language)
Anti-porn activist Estela López has taken on the unenviable job of surveying Adult Video News (AVN) for notable trends, developments, and innovations in the porn industry. She has kindly allowed us to share her latest survey with the public. Please note that the AVN website includes explicit photos. http://avn.com/performer/articles/32490.htmlPorn industry notices how sex/porn addiction is […]
Springfield Republican: “Springfield to continue fight against adult viewing booths”
We applaud Springfield officials for not giving up on Apremont Triangle. The Republican reports today that the city is still interested in closing the viewing booths at the Amazing.net porn shop there. The booths are associated with health risks, economic blight, harassment of residents, and prostitution around the store. Springfield to continue fight against adult […]
Love Shack Closes in Johns Creek, Georgia
Congratulations to our friends at Keep Johns Creek Safe. Love Shack, a large porn shop that tried to evade the new city’s adult zoning regulations, has decided to close. Owner John Cornetta claims he’s losing about $40,000 a month. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports today: “I guess I could say we’re relieved,” said Kitty Garrison, owner […]
Hampden Superior Court Lets Capital Video Reopen Viewing Booths in Springfield; A Proposed Solution
Bad news for Springfield’s Apremont Triangle last month. Hampden County Superior Court ruled that Capital Video’s Amazing.net porn shop there can reopen its viewing booths. One of Charlie Ryan’s last acts as the Mayor of Springfield was to deny Capital Video a 2008 entertainment license for these booths. The Court wants to see more evidence […]
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 […]
Porn Past Haunts Women Long After Pictures Taken
Between 1997 and 2006, Donny Pauling produced nearly 2 million pornography photographs and hours of video. Then he stopped. At his blog, Donny’s Ramblings, he offers an insiders’ perspective on the lasting impact of porn on the people who work in it. He has kindly given us permission to reprint these two articles. Porn Stories: […]
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 […]