Now here is a dude.
Ronald Reagan appointee Alex Kozinski, Chief Justice of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, has been presiding over the criminal obscenity trial of Ira Isaacs, who insists with a straight face that his hardcore bestiality and defecation porn, in which he sometimes “stars”, is “art.” Kozinski is a conservative Republican but [...]
Archive for the ‘Pornography’ Category
Ninth Circuit Chief Justice Kozinsky: Presiding Over Controversial Porn Trial, Caught With Porn on His Own Website (Warning, May Trigger)
Posted in Pornography on June 13, 2008 | Comments Off
Shoes (Warning, May Trigger)
Posted in Female Ritual Servitude, Feminism, Male Terrorism, Pornography, War on Women on May 23, 2008 | 39 Comments »
“These women were shunned by two eras,” Yang says. “When they were young, footbinding was already forbidden, so they bound their feet in secret. When the Communist era came, production methods changed. They had to do farming work, and again they were shunned.”
Wang Lifen, above, now 79, was just seven years old when her mother started [...]
The Silencing of Tracy K. Barker: Sexually Assaulted by State Department Official, Raped by Halliburton/KBR Supervisor in Iraq, Denied Justice
Posted in Feminism, Jamie Leigh Jones and the Halliburton Scandal, Male Terrorism, Pornography, Racism, Racism and Feminism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism in the Military, The Rape of Iraq, Ugly Americans, War, War on Women on May 4, 2008 | 28 Comments »
Tracy Barker, former Halliburton/KBR Employee
by Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff, Women’s Space, May 4, 2008
Introduction
Last January I blogged about Jamie Leigh Jones, a Halliburton/KBR employee in Iraq who was brutally gang-raped by co-workers after having had her drink surreptitiously drugged. She was so badly injured in the attack, she required surgery. She was seen by a doctor [...]
End the Violence Against Women Now
Posted in Female Ritual Servitude, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Genocide, Internet Terrorism, Male Terrorism, Patriarchal Medicine, Police Violence, Pornography, Practical Radical Feminism, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, Sexism in the Military, War on Women on April 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »
One in 3 women and girls may be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in their lifetime. Shocking, isn’t it?
But what’s equally upsetting is that most women don’t denounce their abusers because they are afraid of further violence and of being stigmatized. Help us speak out for these women. Add your name to this [...]
Villagers, in the Town Square, Torches Blazing
Posted in Ampgate, Feminism, Internalized Misogyny, Love, Love Between Women, Pornography, Practical Radical Feminism, Racism, Racism and Feminism, Sisterhood, War on Women on April 25, 2008 | 60 Comments »
In the past, I have sometimes taken issue with things Amanda Marcotte has written or done. If you do a search on this blog, you will come up with some things. I took issue with the proposed cover of her book, the one everyone is up in arms about, months ago, in this comments thread on Pandagon. [...]
On the Pornography Panel Debate at William & Mary College, In Support of Samantha Berg
Posted in Blogosphere, Feminism, Feminist Conferences, Feminist Politics, Internet Terrorism, Male Terrorism, Pornography, Practical Radical Feminism, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, War on Women, Women's Bodies, Women's Space/Margins Women's Community on April 21, 2008 | 42 Comments »
On March 17, I (Heart) got an e-mail from Constance of William and Mary College which read in pertinent part:
My name is Constance. I’m a student at the College of William & Mary. I’m currently working with three other women to put together a panel on feminist perspectives on pornography at our school.
This project is a direct response [...]
Third Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution is Up!
Posted in Feminism, Pornography, Prostitution on March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Third Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution is UP over at Debs’ place! There is some very fine reading there, check it out!
Heart
Request for Help from Stop Porn Culture — Help Congolese Women and Girls Fight Sexual Violence
Posted in Pornography, Rape and Sexual Assault on February 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Dear Stop Porn Culture Supporters,
Last month, SPC was contacted by Groupe d’Action pour le Droit (GAD), a non-profit NGO in the Democratic Republic of Congo that advocates for the human rights of children, youth and women affected by sexual violence. They do counseling for survivors of sexual trauma and community education about the issue. The [...]
Stop Porn Culture Feminist Slideshow Training — July 8-11, 2008
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Conferences, Pornography, Prostitution on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stop Porn Culture will be offering our third training for our slideshow this July. The training will be twice as long, more in-depth, and can also be taken for college credit.Please post this information anywhere you can!Media Madness: The Impact of Sex, Violence and Commercial Culture on Adults, Children and Society A summer Institute for [...]
“Peep Toe & Toe Cleavage”? Woman-Only Commuter Coaches: Yes! (Update — Woman-Only Buses Now in Mexico City)
Posted in Commuting, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Male Terrorism, Pornography, Rape and Sexual Assault, War on Women, Woman-Only Space, Women's Bodies on February 1, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Mexico City’s woman-only buses were rolled out January 24.
Mexico City has become the newest city to debut woman-only buses. While the city has long operated woman-only subway cars during rush hour, complete with police overseeing the segregating of the sexes on subway platforms, the woman-only buses are new, a response to women’s ongoing complaints of being harassed, [...]
Rebecca at Spinning Spinsters
Posted in Male Terrorism, Our Blood, Our Sisters, Pornography, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, War on Women on January 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Read Rebecca at Spinning Spinsters.
China Bans Pornography, Rape Scenes, Film Depictions of Hardcore Sex
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Pornography, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking on January 3, 2008 | 37 Comments »
China has banned movie depictions of hardcore sexual activity and rape. Film studios producing hardcore sex movies risk losing permission to shoot films at all. In addition, erotic movie producers, directors and actors will be ineligible to compete for film awards or for taking part in any film awards. Also restricted are vulgar language and [...]
Me on the F-Files UPDATE
Posted in Carnival of Radical Feminists, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Heart for President, Internet Terrorism, Male Terrorism, Media, Michfest Womyn, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Popular Culture, Pornography, Power in Relationships, Sisterhood, Transgender Issues, War on Women, Woman-Only Space, Women and Fundamentalism, gendercator on December 31, 2007 | 15 Comments »
UPDATE (Jan. 1, 2008): My interview on the F-Files is available to listen to here. Thanks to Aletha for alerting me that the interview had been posted, and thanks to Jackie for posting it. — Heart
Update: Dates for the airing of my interview are October 31 and November 7. I’ll post precise times as I’m aware of [...]
Discussions We Will Not Have Here
Posted in Feminism, Feminist Politics, Patriarchal Medicine, Pornography, Racism and Feminism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Rights of the Disabled, Sex Trafficking, The Skies, Women and Disability, Women and Fundamentalism, Women's Birthing Rights, Women's Bodies, Women's Health on November 29, 2007 | 15 Comments »
I sometimes have read whinings that I do not allow dissenting points of view here. This is very true. There are certain “dissenting points of view” which will not find their expression on my blog. They are as follows:
Defenses of pornography. Defend pornography on your own blog or in any one of the multiplicity of [...]
Pornography as Violence, Pornography as Rape Culture: Anti-Pornography Commentary Only
Posted in Male Terrorism, Pornography, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, War on Women on September 19, 2007 | 41 Comments »
Blonde whore forced to suck c*** then f***ed!!
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This is the first of a series of posts I plan to do illustrating the intentions of, and reasons for, pornography. I get thousands and thousands of spam comments day in, day out, almost all of them advertisements for porn. Right now there are something like 4,000-plus ”comments” — [...]
“We Will Not Slumber Until Every Woman Wakes”: The Fifth Carnival of Radical Feminists
Posted in Afghan Women, Afghanistan, Ampgate, Andrea Dworkin, Apropos of Random, Being Poor, Carnival of Radical Feminists, Cecilia Fire Thunder, Colonialism, Comfort Women, Crisis in Lebanon, Earth, Female Ritual Servitude, Feminism, Feminist Homeschooling/Unschooling, Feminist Politics, Fifth Carnival of Radical Feminists, Gender, Her, Internet Terrorism, Iranian Women's Activism, Lesbian Community, Lesbian Life, Lesbian Seven, Love Between Women, Male Foolishness, Male Terrorism, Media, Michfest Womyn, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Parenting, Patriarchal Medicine, Popular Culture, Pornography, Practical Radical Feminism, Prostitution, Racism and Feminism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism in the Military, Sisterhood, The Mother, The Rape of Iraq, The Rape of the "Hadji Girl", The Skies, Transgender Issues, Trial of Robert Pickton, UN Conference on the Status of Women, WOZA, War on Women, Warm Fuzzies, Woman-Only Space, Women and Fundamentalism, Women and Music, Women's Art, Women's Birthing Rights, Women's Bodies, Women's Culture, Women's Health, Women's Poetry, Women's Space Sunday Paper, Women's Space/Margins Women's Community, Womyn's Festivals on September 4, 2007 | 17 Comments »
The Fifth Carnival of Radical Feminists is Up!
Sydney Morning Herald Reports Attacks on Women’s Space
Posted in Afghan Women, Apropos of Random, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Internet Terrorism, Iranian Women's Activism, Male Terrorism, Media, Popular Culture, Pornography, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism in the Military, Sisterhood, The Left, War on Women, Warm Fuzzies, Women and Music, Women's Space/Margins Women's Community on August 20, 2007 | 24 Comments »
Misogyny bares its teeth on internet
Anna Greer
August 21, 2007
A woman’s place isn’t in the kitchen these days but some malcontents are trying to make sure that it’s not on the web either. The internet is proving to be a hostile place for women.
Death threats, rape threats, verbal abuse, condescending and unwelcome comments about looks and [...]
101 Ways To Combat the Harms of Pornography: Great New Anti-Pornography Activist Blog
Posted in Pornography, Rape and Sexual Assault on July 8, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I followed an incoming link to a new anti-pornography activist blog that looks great! Included on the side bar are links to anti-pornography conference videos, breaking anti-pornography news stories, links to anti-pornography books, articles, blogs and boards and upcoming anti-pornography events.
Welcome to the radfem neighborhood, Anti-Pornography Activist Blog! I will add [...]
Because I Am a Girl
Posted in Afghan Women, Afghanistan, Aging, Being Poor, Books, Carnival of Radical Feminists, Colonialism, Comfort Women, Crisis in Lebanon, Eating Disorders, Female Ritual Servitude, Feminism, Feminist Conferences, Feminist Homeschooling/Unschooling, Fifth Carnival of Radical Feminists, Gender, Indigenous Women's Rights, Iranian Women's Activism, Lesbian Community, Love Between Women, Making Men Out of Boys, Male Terrorism, Media, Miscellaneous, Patriarchal Medicine, Pornography, Power in Relationships, Prostitution, RAWA, Racism and Feminism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Rights of the Disabled, Sex Trafficking, Sexism in the Military, The Rape of Iraq, Transgender, Transgender Issues, UN Conference on the Status of Women, Vancouver's Missing Women, WOZA, War on Women, Warm Fuzzies, Woman-Only Space, Women and Disability, Women and Fundamentalism, Women and Music, Women's Birthing Rights, Women's Bodies, Women's Culture, Women's Health, Women's Space Sunday Paper, Women's Space/Margins Women's Community on July 1, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Why Do Girls Face Discrimination?
Girls face the double challenge of being female and being young, which can result in them having little opportunity to make decisions about their lives. Discrimination against girls is grounded in a series of traditions and norms, based on the assumption that biological differences between females and males justify that girls [...]
New Larry Flynt “Documentary” on Flynt’s “Right to Be Left Alone” to Get Rich Promoting Violation of and Violence Against Women, White Supremacy and Abuse of Animals While Sexually Assaulting His Daughter and Presenting as a Victim
Posted in Eating Disorders, Female Ritual Servitude, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Fifth Carnival of Radical Feminists, Male Foolishness, Male Terrorism, Pornography, Racism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism in the Military, War on Women, Warm Fuzzies, Women and Music, Women's Bodies, Women's Space/Margins Women's Community on May 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Thanks to “Duke University, the New York Times, HBO, and Full Frame Documentary Film Festival,” evidently, the world is blessed with a new “documentary” created by Larry Flynt, the man who has amassed a fortune selling hatred of women, racism and mistreatment of animals and by exploiting and cashing in on the most destructive and violent of human impulses and [...]