Why must conversations about male accountability devolve into complaints about male victims?…
Tag: Pornography
Trans activism is excusing & advocating violence against women, and it’s time to speak up
Threats of violence against women branded as “TERFs” are increasing — will liberals and progressives speak o…
Feminists used to reject magazines like Cosmo, now we’re told to celebrate them as empowering
After pressure from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, Walmart removed Cosmopolitan from its checkout stands. N…
We cannot reject the toxic culture pornography has created without rejecting pornography itself
If pornography were empowering men would be standing around jacking off on each other and we wouldn’t get a look in.…
It’s time to stop using regressive evolutionary theory to justify men’s sexual objectification of women
Even ‘good men’ continue to defend men’s right to access female bodies, using debunked evolutionary th…
Good guys and bad guys
We have to let go of a comforting illusion — that there is some bright line between men who rape and men who don’t rape,…
How Hugh Hefner represents neoliberalism’s win
It is no accident that, as we celebrate individuals rather than movements for radical change, Hugh Hefner has been haile…
The response to Ted Cruz’s Twitter porn gaffe demonstrates a dangerous hypocrisy in American liberalism
If elected officials are participating in sexual abuse, we shouldn’t be joking about it.…
‘The Deuce’ is critical of the sex industry, whether liberal America likes it or not
Despite David Simon’s critiques of pornography, American media stuck to their neoliberal guns.…
INTERVIEW: Kathleen Richardson makes the case against sex robots
What’s the matter with so-called “sex robots” anyway? Surely they are nothing more than a harmless toy…
PODCAST: Why feminists care about sex robots
“I don’t see technology as neutral — I see technology as driven by cultural forces. And the cultural forces …
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ offers a terrifying warning, but the hijacking of feminism is just as dangerous
While “The Handmaid’s Tale” warns of a feminist dystopia, “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On” sh…
Sex robots epitomize patriarchy and offer men a solution to the threat of female independence
Sex robots don’t offer men “companionship,” they offer men complete dominance.…
We know abuse when we see it, unless it’s women who are being hurt
People everywhere were appalled at the treatment of David Dao on United flight 3411. When will they rise up against the …
Prostitution legislation must include women in the porn industry
I remember when I was first struck by the question: If prostitution is against the law in the US, why isn’t porn? A frie…