Monica Shores, $pread Magazine. July 10, 2008. What's defined as healthy sexuality in this country is narrowly defined and schizophrenic -- and the government should not have final say.
Katie Halper, Nerve.com AlterNet: PEEK. April 10, 2008. Contrary to popular belief, lesbian porn may not be the best way to achieve unity among nations and a lasting world peace.
Nikko Snyder, Bitch Magazine. April 7, 2008. Progressive directors are challenging the misogyny that pervades most mainstream porn. But is it possible to make pornography feminist?
Linda Hirshman, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. February 14, 2008. Maureen Dowd's ideal female candidate would have an easier time than the real female candidate running, because her candidate is not a real person.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. September 22, 2007. Mainstream porn has come up with more ways than ever to humiliate and degrade women. Why then, is porn more popular? Includes an excerpt from Robert Jensen's new book, Getting Off.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, AlterNet: PEEK. August 22, 2007. Samhita Mukhopadhyay: The reality of this plan is that many women will have their identities and personal information revealed to people that shouldn't have access to it.
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. August 7, 2007. Experts estimate that 75 to 90 percent of pornography winds up in the hands of children due to novel technologies and high-speed distribution networks. If you're ready to blame the internet, you're wrong.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 6, 2007. Pam Spaulding: The Fundamentalist Christians are mad at Romney for not doing anything about Marriott Hotels offering in-room porn to its customers when he was on its board.
Leslie Joseph, PopMatters. June 28, 2007. Ayn Carrillo-Gailey's new book, Pornology, chronicles a self-described good girl's exploration of the world of porn -- an industry whose fastest growing audience is women.