Pornography is one of the more controversial issues in feminism, and the Ms. Blog has published many posts on the topic. Here, a writer goes directly to a feminist pornographer to get […]
Tag: Pornography
“The Feminist Porn Book” Focuses on Her Pleasure
“The Feminist Porn Book” is a collection of writings by sex-positive feminist pornographers and academics discussing the stigma of having sex on film against the struggle to define, explore and express female agency in a male-dominated industry.
NEWSFLASH: Bishop Convicted in Child Abuse Scandal
Bishop Robert W. Finn of the diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph (Missouri) was convicted Thursday of failing to report suspicions of child abuse that took place within his diocese. He […]
Fifty Shades of Mommy Porn
I’d never heard of Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James until my 65-year-old sister-in-law clued me in. Her book group in New Jersey is tackling the best-selling trilogy that […]
“Should I Do It?” To Women Who Struggle with Porn-Driven Sex
Usually I address my writing about pornography to men, who are the majority of the consumers of sexually explicit material. But after a recent conversation with a woman friend, I […]
Censored Cover Raises Question: Why Are Breasts “Obscene,” But Not Chests?
The cover of this month’s Dossier Journal magazine has caused a great stir. In a matter of a few hours, I’ve received five emails about it. Here’s what all the […]
Does Sexual Objectification Lead to Bad Sex?
Turning women into sex objects heightens the erotic experience, right? A growing body of research indicates the opposite: for women and, surprisingly, men. A new longitudinal study out of Pennsylvania […]
Click! Not a Knight in Shining Armor
As a teenager coming of age in the 1970s in mainstream culture in the upper midwest, I missed the United States’ radicalizing movements by a decade and several hundred miles. […]
We Still Believe Anita Hill (and We’re Dumbstruck by Ginni Thomas)
I somehow read The New York Times piece wrong when I first glanced at it yesterday: I thought it said that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife Virginia–she of the […]
Latinas: We’re So Hot We Broke Google
When Google released “Google Instant”–a “search enhancement” that suggests content before you finish typing your Google search words– I thought it was pretty fun to see which suggestions would pop […]