Category Archives: Pornography

Please stop saying that judges in Texas and DC said there’s a free speech right to take upskirt shots

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Ampersand

Laci Green, a feminist sex educator, produced this graphic: Laci (whose work I’m generally a fan of) isn’t alone; a lot of blogs and news outlets have said – often in clickbaity headlines – that rulings in Texas and DC … Continue reading →

Posted in Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Pornography | 26 Comments

Corporate Discrimination Against Sex Workers Threatens Everyone’s Freedom

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Ampersand

Some headlines: • Chase Bank Is Shutting Down Porn Actors' Bank Accounts • Porn stars battle stigma with sex awareness amid bank account closures • Amazon is deleting sex workers' wish lists without warning • The Soapbox: How PayPal & … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Economics and the like, Pornography | 13 Comments

Save the Body Parts

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Jeff Fecke

As you may be aware, I’m a testicular cancer survivor. That sounds a lot more badass than it is; testicular cancer is extremely treatable if caught reasonably early, and while chemo and surgery are exactly as fun as you’d think … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Pornography | 16 Comments

No, Michelle Bachmann Didn’t Pledge To Ban Pornography

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Ampersand

ThinkProgress writes: BREAKING: Bachmann pledges to ban pornography | Tonight, Michelle Bachmann became the first presidential candidate to sign a pledge created by THE FAMiLY LEADER, an influential social-conservative group in Iowa. By signing the pledge Bachmann “vows” to “uphold … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., crossposted on TADA, In the news, Pornography | 22 Comments

Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 4

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I did not go to pornography because I’d been sexually abused, but the fact that I’d been abused made the world of pornography one that it felt natural for me to inhabit. One of the effects that sexual abuse often … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 3

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Warning: This post contains a graphic description of a scene from video pornography. In the heterosexual pornographic video Secrets, there is a woman-on-woman scene—both the women are white—in which one of the performers, wearing a suit and tie, uses a … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and the Body, Men and masculinity, Pornography, Sex | 1 Comment

Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 2

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Warning: This post contains a graphic description of a scene from video pornography. A white woman’s mouth in the act of swallowing a white man’s penis fills the screen of my TV. Almost directly in the center of the picture, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and the Body, Men and masculinity, Pornography, Sex | 15 Comments