On Sunday, porn actress and writer, Stoya, posted on twitter that her ex-boyfriend and fellow porn performer, James Deen, had raped her. That thing where you log in to the internet for…
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MMA fighter, “War Machine” (born Jonathan Koppenhaver), is in court facing 34 charges, including sexual assault and attempted murder, in relation to his abuse of ex-girlfriend, Christy Mack. Last year, the self-described…
Listen up ladies! Cosmo has published a list of helpful tips that will help every woman fake it till she makes it! Since we all know there’s nothing more empowering than fucking…
Once again, the issue of prisoners’ right to pornography is up for debate; this time in Canada. In 2013, Correctional Service Canada blocked inmates’ access to TV channels showing late-night pornography after…
Sigh. Vice’s “women’s section,” “Broadly” has shown itself to be kind of exactly what I was worried about. While there is certainly some good coverage of actual news events on the site,…
Last week CTV’s W5 aired a two-part series on internet porn. Part one focused on the way in which ever-younger children were becoming consumed with violent pornography, causing them to become “addicted”…
Dear Todd Nickerson, Over at Salon a few days ago, you wrote an article provocatively entitled “I’m a pedophile, but not a monster.” Presumably, a lot of people are now asking questions…
Last month, the Journal of Sex Research published “Is Pornography Really About ‘Making Hate to Women?’” a paper claiming to find a positive correlation between pornography consumption and feminist attitudes. In its…
In what might be deemed a radical move, the University of Melbourne’s largest residential college banned access to pornography on campus. This means students at Ormond College will be blocked from accessing…
An article in the September issue of Vanity Fair by Nancy Jo Sales painted a rather depressing picture of heterosexual dating in the age of Tinder. These bleak assessments of modern courting…
At a suburban office in Canberra, Susan* looks solemnly toward the carpet and blinks back the tears. Her marriage counselor watches on from a few feet away. Susan first explains, and then…
Google has insisted time and again that it has a “zero tolerance policy” on child pornography. In 2013, Google’s director of communications stated: When we discover child abuse imagery [child porn] or…
“Marry me or I’ll make your rape video public.” This threat was sent to an Australian University student by an abusive ex-boyfriend. Unfortunately, her story is not unique. In an increasing number…
Rashida Jones’ documentary, Hot Girls Wanted (now available on Netflix), explores the world of “amateur porn,” a booming industry thanks to a never ending influx young women, ready and willing, no coercion…