Porn Studies: Fuck Yeah
KaPLOW! I got back to civilization just in time to find out that there will soon be an academic journal about porn! Editors Feona Attwood (Middlesex University) and Clarissa Smith
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Why Sex and Porn Matter
In a series of conversations, some of them with a troll on a Village Voice article about Stoya, and others after the fact with friends about my anger and passion
The Feminist Pornographers and the Anti-Porn Feminists Want the Same People to Listen to Them
Seriously. It’s true. This occurred to me at the press conference a day before the Feminist Porn Conference got going, and it blew my mind. They’re fighting for the same
The Feminist Porn Conference: Thoughts on Labels
The Feminist Porn Conference in Toronto last weekend gave me a whole lot of brainstorms. Very impressive, considering I was fighting a sinus headache and sore throat and hangover most
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Yellowface is a Problem, But It’s Not THE Problem
Background: for those of you who haven’t heard yet, porn company Burning Angel recently made a porn parody of The Walking Dead. Burning Angel specializes in parodying horror movies (see:
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Food for Thought: The Post-Weekend Edition
I had quite a weekend. The Vanilla Party, “A DELICIOUSLY DECADENT FETISH FANTASY SUPER SEXY DUB STEP PARTY, COSTUME PLAY EVENT,” on Friday night was wild (see photo above for
Even Jon Stewart Knows Measure B is Lame
…and weirdly… so does Barbara Walters. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook And so, also, does
5 Reasons to Vote No on Measure B Tomorrow
For those who don’t know: Measure B will appear on Los Angeles County ballots in tomorrow’s election, and if passed would require adult performers to use condoms, gloves, and/or dental
A Brainstorm: Why Indie Porn (and etc) is Doing So Well
I was watching some very singular entertainment the other day… long story. Hard to describe. A review will be out on WHACK! Magazine soon. But the point is that it
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Even More Not-Quite-News! And a tidbit.
1) I was interviewed last night for a piece on You Are Here, a slice-of-life radio program that airs on 88.9 WERS in Boston! The topic for the program was