Anti-porn activism, nature, animals, true equality and freedom for women to live in safety and dignity, living a healthy life of integrity, being kind to others and working to create goodwill among all people. :-)
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Check out Stop Porn Culture's new website!www.StopPornCulture.org
Especially their excellent NEW SLIDESHOW!
"Who Wants to Be a Porn Star"
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PORNOGRAPHY DRIVES INTERNATIONAL SEX TRAFFICKING:
"The quantity of and access to pornography has grown exponentially since the 1980's alongside the growth of the video cassette/DVD and then the Internet industries, while the content has become increasingly violent, degrading, and harmful to participants and viewers. Moreover, sex trafficking, which is closely related to pornography, is now widely acknowledged as a significant international problem. One cannot understand the dynamics of demand without careful attention to both prostitution and pornography. Activists must confront pornography and prostitution in any effort to attack sex trafficking."
From the introduction to the 2007 book Pornography: Driving the Demand in International Sex Trafficking , by Captive Daughters Media. (Buy it here at Amazon.com, or at Xlibris here . Table of contents here . Full text of Introduction by David Guinn here .)
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The below announcement is from the Stop Porn Culture MySpace Site .
Feb. 2, 2008:
Dear SPC Supporters,
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 Educators, Students, Human Service
Professionals, Activists and Parents.
July 8-11, 2008, Wheelock College, Boston.
For the 14th consecutive year, Wheelock College is offering a very popular summer institute on the role that the media (television, magazines, advertising, pornography, video games and music videos) plays in shaping our gender identity, our intimate relationships, our children's lives, and ultimately our culture. The institute is taught by Dr Gail Dines, author of Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality, and Dr. Diane Levin, author of the forthcoming So Sexy So Soon.
Participants in both tracks will learn:
• How media violence affects behavior and contributes to violence in society
• How media images perpetuate and legitimize sexism, racism,
consumerism and economic inequality
• How political and economic forces shape the media
• How media affects children's ideas about sexual behavior and
relationships with others
• How to critically deconstruct media images and develop media literacy skills
• How to become active in advocacy, community building and grass roots organizing
As a way to accommodate the needs of the participants, this year two days of the institute will be split into the following tracks:
1. Fighting the porn culture: how to think about and organize against the increasing pornification of our society. Lead by Dr. Gail Dines, with guest lectures by Dr. Rebecca Whisnant, Lierre Keith and Matt Ezell, founding members of Stop Porn Culture.
2. Combating the hazards of media culture with children, families and the community. Lead by Dr. Diane Levin, author of the forthcoming book, So Sexy so Soon.
Credit Hours:
The institute is available as a 3 credit graduate course or a non-credit course. Scholarships are available.
Housing is available on the Wheelock campus.
For more information, please contact Gail Dines at [email protected]
(write July Institute in the subject line)
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The slideshow is our first line of offense in the battle we must wage
to reclaim this culture from the misogyny, racism and brute power of
the pornographers. Come join us in our struggle for a violence-free
world.
Feel free to post this announcement anywhere.
NOTE: Please email [email protected] for information about buying a copy of the slide show if you can't
attend the training.
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Please note that I am against pornography but not against nudity, egalitarian sex, or tasteful and respectful erotica. (But not public displays of it.) For the time being I am using the definitions of pornography and erotica as follows:
PORNOGRAPHY: Material that combines sex and/or the exposure of genitals with abuse or degradation in a manner that appears to endorse, condone, or encourage such behavior.
EROTICA: Sexually suggestive or arousing material that is free of sexism, racism, and homophobia, and respectful of all human beings and animals portrayed.
The above definitions are from “Pornography As a Cause of Rapeâ€, by Dr. Diana Russell, PhD, which is a book excerpt from “Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harmâ€. Read excerpt at DianaRussell.com.
So because by definition pornography (as it is used here) has to include abuse or degradation, if you are against abuse and degradation in regards to sexuality, then you are against pornography. So assuming that you are… welcome to the team! :^)
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Helpful contributions to the cause are gratefully appreciated, if anyone is so inclined. I would love nothing better than to quit my regular job and work full time on this important cause of helping women, children, and all of society. :-) (But I will be happy for anything that will just help me to pay off some activism-related debt or buy some more anti-porn books and DVDs, etc. to help with further activism. ;-))
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I support the CP80 Internet Porn Solution. Please click on button to find out more.
Other people who are against pornography, sexual exploitation, and sexism, etc. These would be people who are in favor of equality, respect for women, humanity and compassion. :-)
The below video is of the song "With My Own Two Hands" and it is my personal theme song. I especially would especially like to meet others who are also willing to use their "own two hands" to make the world a better place. :-)
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"With My Own Two Hands"
By Jack Johnson (featuring Ben Harper)
I can change the world
With my own two hands
Make it a better place
With my own two hands
Make it a kinder place
With my own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands
I can make peace on earth
With my own two hands
I can clean up the earth
With my own two hands
I can reach out to you
With my own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands
I'm going to make it a brighter place
With my own two hands
I'm going to make it a safer place
With my own two hands
I'm going to help the human race
With my own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands
I can hold you
With my own two hands
I can comfort you
With my own two hands
But you've got to use
Use your own two hands
Use your own
Use your own two hands
With our own
With our own two hands
With my own
With my own two hands
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"My Skin"
by Natalie Merchant
Take a look at my body
Look at my hands
There's so much here
That I don't understand
Your face saving promises
Whispered like prayers
I don't need them
I don't need them
I've been treated so wrong
I've been treated so long
As if I'm becoming untouchable
Contempt loves the silence
It thrives in the dark
With fine winding tendrils
That strangle the heart
They say that promises
Sweeten the blow
But I don't need them
No, I don't need them
I've been treated so wrong
I've been treated so long
As if I'm becoming untouchable
I'm a slow dying flower
Frost killing hour
The sweet turning sour
And untouchable
O, I need
The darkness
The sweetness
The sadness
The weakness
I need this
I need
A lullaby
A kiss goodnight
Angel sweet
Love of my life
O, I need this
Do you remember the way
That you touched me before
All the trembling sweetness
I loved and adored?
Your face saving promises
Whispered like prayers
I don't need them
No, I don't need them
O, I need
The darkness
The sweetness
The sadness
The weakness
I need this
I need
A lullaby
A kiss goodnight
The angel sweet
Love of my life
I need this
Is it dark enough?
Can you see me?
Do you want me?
Can you reach me?
Or I'm leaving
You better shut your mouth
Hold your breath
Kiss me now you'll catch my death
O, I mean it
All anti-porn movies, videos, and documentaries! :-) I have a collection of over 100 anti-porn videos at my YouTube channel , and a number of non-YouTube ones at my Anti-Pornography Activist Blog at Blogger.com.
Examples of non-YouTube videos at my blog are: 1) A documentary about teenagers hooked on porn, 2) Robert Jensen talk: Real Men, Real Choices, 3) Rebecca Whisnant talk: Not Your Father's Playboy and Not Your Mother's Feminist Movement, 4) Nadine Strossen of the ACLU debating Norma Ramos of Women Against Pornography, and 5) Porn in the Age of Instant Access: What Are the Social Effects of Fast, Cheap and Stigma-Free Viewing? Featuring: Nick Gillespie, Editor, Reason Magazine, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Columnist Village Voice and Penthouse, and Pamela Paul, author of Pornified.
Plus I have other non-You Tube videos there with people like anti-pornography author Catharine MacKinnon, Gloria Steinem, and Tonya Flynt. (Daughter of Hustler's Larry Flynt.) So feel free to come and check them out! :^)
Anti-Pornography Activist Blog
Pornified: How Pornography is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships and Our Families , by Pamela Paul. (Buy it here at Amazon.com.)
(Note: The author has stated that she regrets the errors on pg. 259 in the sentence beginning with “Meanwhile, women on the Left…â€. The sentence and the points made in it are inaccurate but corrections were not able to be made for the paperback edition.)
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture , by Ariel Levy. (Buy it here at Amazon.com.)
Pornography: Driving the Demand in International Sex Trafficking , by Captive Daughters Media. (Buy it here at Amazon.com, or at Xlibris here . Table of contents here . Full text of Introduction by David Guinn here .)
The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help , by Jackson Katz. (Buy it here at Amazon.com)
Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity , by Robert Jensen. (Buy it here at Amazon.com.)
Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography , edited by Rebecca Whisnant and Christine Stark. (Buy it at Amazon.com here or at Spinifex press here .)
How to Make Love Like A Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale , by Jenna Jameson. (Buy it here at Amazon.com: ) It includes much valuable information about the pornography industry that makes it clear how harmful it is.
Against Pornography: The Evidence of Harm , by Diana Russell (Buy it at Amazon.com here or at Diana Russell's website here . Book info here .)
Dangerous Relationships: Pornography, Misogyny and Rape , by Diana Russell. (Buy it at Amazon.com here , or at Diana Russell's website here . Book info here .)
Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality , by Gail Dines, Robert Jensen, and Ann Russo. (Buy it at Amazon.com here .)
Life and Death: Unapologetic Writings on the Continuing War Against Women , by Andrea Dworkin.(Buy it at Amazon.com here.)
"Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography" , edited by Diana Russell. (Buy it at Amazon.com here or at Diana Russell's website here . Book info here .)
Everyone who is willing to fight for truth, justice, kindness and equality. My heroines are especially those who are willing to take on important causes that are unpopular and persist despite opposition from all sides. Examples would be Gloria Steinem, Diana Russell, Irshad Manhi, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. :-)
Most anti-porn activists and authors linked at my Blogger blog are also heroes and heroines of mine:
Anti-Pornography Activist Blog :-) . And all those who put together the below anti-porn and anti-sexual exploitation resources:
NoPornPledge
DianaRussell.com
NoPornNorthampton
CP80.org (Internet Pornography Initiative)
Against Pornography
Stop Porn Culture (Formerly known as National Feminist Antipornography Movement)
one angry girl antiporn resource center
Genderberg.com
MediaWatch.com section on pornography
Sex Industry Survivors
Erase the Dark
Prostitution Research and Education
(It addresses pornography also as it is a form of prostitution.)
Shelley Lubben.com (Ex porn-star helping other porn stars)
Shelley Lubben's MySpace Website
List of Dead Porn Stars and How They Died
Where My Ladies At (About porn and it's connection to hip hop and rap.)
Feminist Fred: A Place for Men to Learn about Feminism (Also home of Pornsick Pat)
Compulsion Solutions
Internet Pornography Statistics (InternetFilterReview.com)
Porn and Sex Industry Statistics (Enough is Enough)
Pornography and Sex Trade Statistics (Most thorough and documented)
PBS Documentary "Porn In America" . Full video and lots of information.
Pornography: Creating Demand for International Sex Trafficking
(By Shared Hope International)
Pornography, Violence, Rape and Crime:
“ Pornography as a Cause of Rape †, by Dr. Diana E.H. Russell.
Making Women's Place Explicit: Pornography, Violence, and the Internet , compiled by Jennifer Nash, Harvard Law School.
“ The Link Between Pornography and Violent Sex Crimes †, by Robert Peters.“
Porn Use and Sex Crimes †, by Rory Reid.
Pornography's Link to Rape , by Dr. Judith Reisman
First Amendment and Pornography Information:
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press
First Amendment and Pornography Legal Information
“It’s Not About the First Amendment†, by Mark Kastleman.
"The Free Speech Argument Against Pornography" , by Caroline West.
Family and Children Oriented Anti-Porn Internet Resources:
WhatAParentCanDo.com
CP80.org
(Internet Channel Initiative)
Enough is Enough
ProtectKids.com
Morality in Media
National Law Center
Victims of Pornography
Legal Information Regarding Pornography
Canadians Against Sexual Exploitation
United States Department of Justice Section on Pornography
Citizens Against Pornography
Maryland Coalition Against Pornography
Why the Government Should Care About Pornography . (2005 U.S. Senate Hearing) Please click on the following links of names for testimony by each individual: Pamela Paul , (author of "Pornified" ),
Ms. Leslie Harris , (Executive Director Center for Democracy and Technology), Mr. Rodney Smolla , (Dean, University of Richmond School of Law), Richard Whidden , (Executive Director and Senior Council National Law Center for Children and Families ), and Senator Orrin Hatch .
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