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Phoenix: Before and After
Earlier this week, I published an article summarizing my thoughts on porn (especially as it fits, or doesn’t, into relationships) for The Good Men Project. The comments went ballistic (many were longer...
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Guess Who I Interviewed? Hint, You’ve Seen Him Naked.
This week, on The Good Men Project, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing porn star James Deen. I guarantee you this would be fun for anybody, but if you’ve been paying attention, you know I may...
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The Unexpected Sexualization of Halloween
I know what you’re thinking. At this point there’s nothing unexpected about the sexualization of Halloween. Every year, parents pen the requisite outraged editorials about slutty nurse costumes for...
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Why I’m MIA (blame it on Kink.com)
So I’ve been MIA for a few days touristing around San Francisco with some friends. We did many a wonderful thing, but get excited for a post in the next few days on the highlight of my trip: a tour of...
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Behind the Scenes at a Porn Studio
I bought a Groupon for a porn studio facilities tour. Let me back up…. Remember porn star James Deen? So when I was doing my “research” for that interview (I guess I don’t need quotes, I really was...
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Sunday Scraps 48
1. OCCUPY: Guest post at Sociological Images by Celia Emmelhainz on the rhetoric of luck in the national conversation about the OWS movement. What and who do we consider “lucky,” and why? 2. ADELE:...
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Meet my favorite body-positive pornographic tumblr
Consider this a bridgebuilding post. Yesterday, I wrote about body positivity, fat pride, and the fake cult of “real woman-ness” on Role/Reboot. Next week, I’m planning a piece about the idea of...
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Pink Ribbon Domination
You’ve seen the NFL fields covered in pink, the yogurt tops, the teddy bears, and the sky scraper light displays, but here’s a new edition to the canon of October’s pink ribbon domination. I present to...
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Sunday Scraps 97
1. GENDER: Remember when Anita Sarkeesian at Feminist Frequency got seriously harassed by the internet? The fruits of her labor are now available in the form of part 1 of her exploration of gender in...
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Navigating the Minefield of Misogyny on the Way to Happy Town
Man, people are already coming out of the woodwork with comments on my latest for Role/Reboot. I love when this happens! I haven’t written about porn in a while, but when I do, it always starts some...
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Vagina Love!
Sorry for the AWOL-ness of late. Busy busy with travel and “real” work and side projects. What better way to celebrate a return to the blog than with some quality vagina-time? A long time ago, I wrote...
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Porn Studies Hits Newstands
Well, not newsstands so much, since academic journals rarely find shelfspace next to Newsweek or Cosmo. Wait, does Newsweek still exist? I can’t keep it straight anymore which of the old school pubs...
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