Feminist Pornography

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I first read Pride and Prejudice in a feminist theory class. I wanted to be cynical about it and point out the patriarchy, the structural inequality, the horrors of a class system managing women's lives like commodities and…

The NC-17 rating has always been a film certification that is bad for business due to its adult-only label and pornographic stigma. Still, Netflix's Marilyn Monroe biopic "Blonde" will carry the rating - a first for the company. On…

"I was looking for a binder, but I don't know where to find one? Does anyone know where I can get a reliable binder?" asked a gender-confused teenager on TrevorSpace, the anonymous online forum for LGBT youth, the…

A researcher has apparently admitted to being a pedophile and has pleaded for an end to the stigma of 'people attracted to minors'. Writing in an academic journal under a pseudonym, 'Brecht Vaerwaeter' detailed his experience of being…

As Spain puts it, "only yes means yes", consent cannot be considered to have been given by default, silence or omission under the law In a landmark decision, the Spanish Parliament passed a law that allows victims of sexual violence to…

The case against the sexual revolution, a new guide to sex in the 21st century By Louise Perry | Political press, 2022, 200 pages Louise Perry's book The case against the sexual revolution highlights the costs of the sexual…

You are not logged in as a Premium user; we rely on Premium users to support our reporting. Login or register today! ST. LOUIS (ChurchMilitant.com) - A liberal organization of American…

Julie Bindel, one of Britain's best-known radical feminists, wrote a fierce critique of commercial surrogacy in Prospect, a progressive magazine. Bindel is a "political lesbian" and has campaigned for many years against…

What began as a pool locker room clash between an 80-year-old Port Townsend woman and a self-identified transgender YMCA worker in July has now expanded to revelations involving the city's mayor of the Olympic Peninsula. Nearly four weeks…

Share this articleThe five-part FX docuseries, Subway kids by director Gabriela Cowperthwaite revolves around one woman's crusade to help young mothers struggling to save their children from sexually abusive fathers. She is Faye Yager, the…

The controversial internet star now outranks Trump on Google searches. But who is he and why is he causing so much concern all of a sudden? What is all this? Last week, the behemoths of Instagram news Shit you should care about shared…

You are not logged in as a Premium user; we rely on Premium users to support our reporting. Login or register today! For decades faithful Christians have been outraged by the many evils of…

On August 6, the Pride Parade meandered through the canals of Amsterdam, capping off a week of LGBTQ+ activities celebrating sexual diversity. "My sex, my pride" and "Free to be myself" are among the slogans…

The internet was abuzz with the name Camille Paglia when two characters from the recent popular HBO series The White Lotus appeared poolside reading a copy of her seminal 1990 tome Sexual people. It was just one of many…

Almost five years ago, when the #metoo movement first exploded into public consciousness, Ian knew he had to stand up against misogyny.It wasn't something he had really considered before, but as the subject of abuse and harassment of women…

What God has united, let no one tear it apart - unless he is a judge in Sioux Falls, SDThat was pretty much how divorce worked in late 19th century America. In New York, a spouse had to prove adultery to legally end a marriage, which…

Anna Kosvinitseva is a web designer in the city of Astrakhan in southern Russia who has been working mostly from home for a few years. She says she has had many unpleasant encounters because of her sexual orientation and now ventures out…

This interview has been condensed and edited. Crain's: Congratulations on your nomination. How does it feel will return to Chicago and the Goodman Theater, where you spent several years as director of new parts development? Stand: It's…

With a career spanning four decades, Harriet Harman is the longest-serving MP currently in Parliament, earning her the title of Mother of the House.Last month, the veteran Labor politician was put in charge of the parliamentary Privileges…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Bettie Page, a 1950s model and Playboy central page who helped set the stage for the sexual revolution of the 1960s, is finally getting credit in Nashville.The Tennessee native, dubbed the…

• Paul Campos writes: “It should be considered journalistic malpractice to use the term 'Christian nationalism' and not to preface it with the adjective 'white'. This is certainly true here in America, where Christian…

A move by Israel's communications minister to make it easier for members of the ultra-Orthodox Haredi community to use smartphones without…

My name is Andrea receives its Bay Area premiere July 23 at The Castro as part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (July 21-August 7). Dworkin's first public lecture was a lecture for teenage girls she gave at her suburban New…

Art Industry News is a daily summary of the most important developments in the art world and the art market. Here's what you need to know on Monday, July 18. NEED TO READ Behind the Scenes of Ukraine's Culture War – Art critic…

Responding to the acquittal of feminist activist and artist Yulia Tsvetkova on charges of “disseminating pornography” for creating body positive illustrations of female sex organs, a crime punishable by six years in prison, Marie…

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Shmuli stares in dread from the windows of his mobile phone shop. He pulls on his long beard and side curls. "Please don't take my picture," he begs. "Don't speak loudly." His tone becomes menacing. "Go away. Go away.…

When tech billionaire Elon Musk struck a deal to acquire Twitter in April 2022, many Twitter users threatened to shut down their accounts and migrate elsewhere online. Tumblr — a microblogging platform launched…

MOSCOW — WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug smuggling charges in Russia. “I would like to plead guilty, your honor, but there was no intention,” Griner told a Moscow judge during the second hearing of his trial which…

The liberal left continues to lose the culture war. In America, the rout was resounding, and the reason is simple: having taken the lead in the battle for minority rights, it failed to protect its own flank. As leftists infiltrated…

If you've been following Netflix's historical romantic drama Bridgerton, you've noticed something strikingly similar about the women on the show, not in how they look, but how they dress. High waists, long dresses, short sleeves, pastels…

Facing a potential six-year sentence in a Russian prison and recently classified as a "foreign media agent" by the Russian government, 29-year-old feminist and artist Yulia Tsvetkova remains fearless. Authorities in this medium-sized city…

I know what's best for you: Stories of reproductive freedom, edited by Shelly Oria, is a multi-genre anthology focusing on the reproductive rights crisis in the United States. The book's international supplement features sixteen…

KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia – Facing a potential six-year sentence in a Russian penal institution and recently classified as a “foreign media agent” by the Russian government, 29-year-old feminist and artist Yulia Tsvetkova…

The past two years have been daunting for comedians, whose contentment, if not livelihood, demands public speaking in small indoor venues, the fastest recipe for the spread of Covid this side of the kissing booth . As other comedians…

fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are more than delighted with the new episode of the series. The movie impersonation series has long had a rotating cast, with different hosts and comedians appearing like the abandoned astronaut and his…

Some Gorham educators are defending posters on gender identity and a coming-of-age memoir recently challenged by parents, saying the material prepares students for a complex world. District community members, including at least two…

When the country swung to the right in the 1980s, Faludi wrote, the media defaced the posters they had created. Surprisingly, even Ms. magazine balked at the term “feminist.” Faludi quotes an article in Ms. by Shana Alexander: “When it…

Hello from a London airport. It's been really hard to keep the blog going this switchover week between Oxford and Cambridge. I'm going back to Vienna a day early, to get to work before going to France next week for research. You readers…

The positive reaction to Sekyiamah's book has been "so powerful and so necessary," said Mona Eltahawy, the Egyptian-American author of 'The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls' and 'Headwraps and Hymens: Why the Middle East needs a…

The witch of love is an underrated horror satire about, to borrow from Indie Wire, "a serial killer who thinks of himself as the star of a romantic comedy." Elaine dreams of a gallant man who will overthrow her and give her eternal…

Barcelona firm says staff 'feel good, work well' In a gender-positive if admittedly unorthodox approach to improving well-being at work, a Spanish company gives its staff half-hour masturbation breaks to help reduce stress and "normalize"…

By: Diana Bello Aristizabal Para leer en Español “All men are the same” is a cliché that generations of the 20th century and even the present have grown up listening to. But today, in the middle of 2022 with a pandemic on our…

Spain's lower house of parliament on Thursday passed the Sexual Freedom Guarantee Bill, popularly known as 'Only Yes Means Yes', which will make consent an important determinant in sexual assault cases. The bill, which still needs to be…

On the "Lutheran Satire" YouTube channel, there is a video called "A Christian and a Feminist Almost Agree on Things". In it, two sock puppets discuss the cultural breakdown of sexuality and marriage and how pornography…

After a racy name change to "Reason Australia" in 2018, Patten nearly lost his spot on the state's colorful upper house cross-bench, showing that sometimes it's really all in the name.Gardner tells CBD that he and his Cannabis colleagues,…

Seven years have passed since George MIller's last film, Mad Max: Fury Road. Miller is one of our greatest living filmmakers, but he's not exactly prolific. in his 40-year career, he has only made 12 films. So it's an event when he brings…

The 80s were a full generation ago, and yet they remain a dominant force in modern popular culture. Remakes of his greatest films — Top Gun: Maverick no one? Or do you prefer Ghostbusters: Afterlife? – continue to dominate multiplexes,…

Helmut Newton's fashion photography is the aesthetic equivalent of a metallic taste in your mouth. Luxurious, cold, glamorous and cruel, the darkish images of the late Berliner are superlative displays of feminine beauty, drawn from the…

Celeste Rapone Nightshade, 2022 Oil on canvas, 68 x 84 inches. Courtesy of the artist, Corbett vs. ... Dempsey, Chicago, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen, and Josh Lilley, London. © Celeste Rapone…

Through their respective creative practices, artist Marilyn Minter and designer, performer and curator Michèle Lamy have each challenged and redefined traditional notions of beauty.In the 1980s, Minter sent shockwaves through the art…

In 2005, Fiona Rogers joined Magnum, the prestigious photography cooperative, as an unpaid intern. She spent 16 years there, working her way up to chief operating officer. Founded in 1947, Magnum has long been dominated by its white and…

New prose works tackle the pandemic — and the rarefied world of a women's studies curriculumBy Ron Ramsay…

In 1972, luminary of the world of art Judy Chicago and his students took over an abandoned house and turned it into the first facility exclusively centered on women. Jhis exhibition, women's house, became a sensation, attracting…

Naughty is a word applied to a cheeky and daring girl. The protagonist, far from being impetuous and daring, is Joyce (Ophelia Lovinbond), a young graduate of Vassar, an upscale university, who sets out to carry out the project of her…

Some of the weirdest emails I get—and, as a transgender educator with a book out, I get a lot of them—are those blaming me for the seeming perversity of my sexual fantasies.…

The curious thing about most established lines of society is that the world does not end when they are inevitably crossed. Take full-face male nudity on television, which for decades was considered an apocalyptic risk. It turns out that…

In his ongoing defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, Johnny Depp has testified that he was a victim of domestic violence and disputed Heard's published insinuation that he was violent. According to Depp, she would…

The first season of HBO Max Naughty recently completed, starring Joyce Prigger creating a controversial feminist magazine in the 1970s. The show shines a light on the industry's misogynistic underpinnings as her aspirations are hijacked…

From April 27-28, the "Radical Desire" symposium brings together pioneering lesbian feminist scholars, publishers, and photographers at Cornell, to celebrate library exhibits that showcase the archives of the lesbian erotic…

Placeholder while loading article actionsJo Neufeld, a 40-year-old woman living in Manitoba, Canada, used to think she was sex-positive despite being a Christian. Then, about 10 years ago, she started following Twitter accounts like those…

Scratch a libertarian and you'll find a prude. It's a truth beautifully illustrated in the season finale of "Minx," HBO's airy but sharp comedy about a fictional '70s magazine that combines a Ms.-style feminist…

This post contains spoilers for Season 1 of Naughty. Season 1 of Naughty, HBO Max's new series about a '70s feminist pornographic magazine, concluded last night, leaving us with several cliffhangers. Joyce leaves Bottom Dollar and goes…

Scott Morrison's loose distancing today from issues concerning women's and women's sports tells us two things. First, that liberals don't understand solidarity as well as the left. And two, the cultural protection racket of the…

The HBO series Naughty is the story of a feminist writer who attempts to break new boundaries in the pornography industry of the 1970s. With such an interesting premise, Naughty also features a wide variety of characters who come from all…

In my teens and early twenties, I had struggled with an eating disorder. On the other hand, pregnancy, for me, was a very positive experience. I liked my extra curves and found peace in my body. However, I started to question my own…

And "Big Gus, what is that?" Yes, I would love for people not to watch that. The folks at Troma keep putting it on YouTube. They also love to see this video where I get beat up on "The Morton Downey Jr. Show". They love this one.…

My first novel, Posttraumatic, follows Vivian, a lawyer in a psychiatric hospital who begins to deal with the psychological and interpersonal scars of her violent childhood after a dramatic family reunion. In writing the book, which…

The war in Ukraine is being used as a pretext by EU governments to block political content, which will certainly be exploited for wider censorship. It's time. We have to talk about censorship. Some readers might growl because, over the…

I've been a feminist for as long as I can remember.I hate to say it, but I'm a man-made feminist. Truth be told, we all are, which is particularly frustrating to admit. However, if true equity existed between the sexes, feminism would be…

Set in a fictional version of the 1970s magazine industry, Naughty is the story of a woman's dream of publishing a feminist magazine that immerses her in the world of pornography. With its retro chic look and modern philosophy, Naughty is…

As Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee, began her opening remarks at the confirmation hearing earlier this week, she addressed her children: "Girls, I know it hasn't been easy as I've tried to…

Below is a summary of briefs from US domestic news.U.S. Supreme Court picks Jackson to recuse himself from Harvard race caseU.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson said Wednesday that if confirmed for lifetime employment, she…

Charm: Did you read any women's magazines while preparing for this role?Jacques Johnson: Well, that's funny. Ellen, our showrunner, sent me Vintage Playgirls. And so they were in my house and I had a time when they were on my dresser and…

Joday, a week and a day after International Women's Day, begins the NCAA Women's National Swimming and Diving Event championships in Atlanta, Georgia, where a man will compete among female swimmers. Lia Thomas, formerly Will Thomas,…

A New York mother contacted the New York City Department of Education to find out why a book containing child pornography was allowed in New York City public school libraries and to request that it be reviewed for inclusion in the…

In London, cases of femicide in public spaces such as streets, squares and parks, perpetrated by strangers, including in one instance by a serving police officer, have dramatically illustrated that women…

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It's been a year since Sarah Everard was abducted, raped and murdered - and the Mayor of London this week called on men to lead a 'fundamental cultural change' to help end violence against women. Sadiq Khan said the problem is not only…

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, LGBTQ Ukrainians were among those who joined anti-war protests taking place around the world over the weekend. Many still have family and friends in the beleaguered country and are anxious and…