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Is It Time for Fair Trade Porn?

Erika Christakis, Huffington Post. February 7, 2012.

Like people once thought little about their food's provenance, porn consumers think little about where their porn is sourced. But that could change.

Porn Performer: Why I'm Against Government Mandated Condom Use in Porn

Lorelei Lee, Salon. January 18, 2012.

Lorelei Lee, who's worked with and without condoms, argues that mandatory enforcement is misguided.

"I'm a Feminist Who Loves 'Demeaning' Porn" -- Is That Normal?

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. November 25, 2011.

Sex questions so often boil down to "Am I normal?" Tracy Clark-Flory explains where individual readers fall on the spectrum of sexual behavior.

Is Porn Ruining Our Sex Lives?

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. October 27, 2011.

Cindy Gallop, founder of "Make Love, Not Porn" talks about how an entire generation has a skewed idea of sex because of hardcore porn.

What’s Behind Transsexual Attraction?

Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon. October 23, 2011.

A trans woman wants to know what kind of men watch "T-girl" porn. Are they the same ones who bash her in real life?

What Happens When the Woman Wants Sex Way More Than the Man? How Unfair Sex Stereotypes Strain Relationships

Hugo Schwyzer, The Good Men Project. October 20, 2011.

Men with lower libidos than their female partners are subject to a slew of unfair stereotypes.

Why Are Religious Conservatives So Scared of Gay Sex?

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. September 29, 2011.

Anti-gay bigotry is just one piece of a larger picture of conservative fear and loathing of all forms of sexuality.

What's the Most Popular Porn Site on Earth? (And What Does That Say About Our Relationship to Sex?)

Jill Filipovic, The Guardian. September 19, 2011.

A webcam site featuring mostly underpaid women from non-Western countries gets the most views. What does that say about Western sexuality?

You Can Get Sued for Downloading Porn? Producers Crack Down by Exposing Illegal Downloaders

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. August 4, 2011.

A new kind of lawsuit is targeting illegal porn downloads--unsurprisingly, defendants are settling rather than being named.

10 Kinkiest Cities In America

Anna Pulley, AlterNet. July 31, 2011.

Wish Lonely Planet would stop being such a prude and release a guide to where you can let your inner freak flag fly?

What It's Like To Be a Male Porn Star

Emily Heist Moss, The Good Men Project. July 26, 2011.

A male porn actor, popular with female viewers of porn, discusses the perks and drawbacks of the industry.

Who Are The Women and Men Behind Online Sex Shows?

Olivier Aubert, Le Monde. July 13, 2011.

They are called “performers,” “models” or “entertainers”; in fact they sell virtual sex.

How the Right-Wing Group Behind Michele Bachmann's Creepy Porn Pledge Pushes Female Submission

Vyckie Garrison, RH Reality Check. July 10, 2011.

There's a detail in The Marriage Vow that critics have overlooked -- an alarming point which warrants the careful attention of everyone concerned with human rights.

Can America's Attitude Towards Sex Get Any Worse? (Or, What Happened When My Son Said 'Breast' in Pre-School)

Tinamarie Bernard, AlterNet. July 8, 2011.

Since we are mostly batty when it comes to teaching kids about sex, many youth are exposed, out of neglect or deliberate misdirection, to information that is harmful or false.

Supreme Court OK With Violent Video Games; Porn Still Illegal (for Minors)

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. June 28, 2011.

Is it hypocritical of the Supreme Court to allow violent video games to be sold to minors, while continuing to ban depictions of sex?

What I Learned As a Playboy Bunny in the '70s

Lili Bee, The Good Men Project. June 20, 2011.

My nascent anger at the artifice I saw all around me caused me to unknowingly join in it even more than I could have seen.

Soldier Porn: Why Do Reporters Act Like Giddy Schoolgirls Around the Military?

Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch.com. May 15, 2011.

To understand these men and women and the tasks they are set to, we need journalists who do real reporting, not just pass on their own wet dreams to a gullible public.

5 Surprising Things About Sex Women Might Be Scared to Tell Men

Amanda Marcotte, The Good Men Project. May 12, 2011.

Many ballsy women are afraid to say 'Please do this' or 'Don’t do that' in bed. Here’s what some women are really thinking.

Why Do Women Feel Bad About Doing Things That Feel Good?

Liz Langley, AlterNet. May 1, 2011.

Women feel greater guilt about looking at porn than do men. Why are they primed to feel bad about pleasure?

Susie Bright's Story: Yes, Women Love Sex Too

Elissa Strauss, AlterNet. April 22, 2011.

Susie Bright, pioneer of frank feminist sex talk, gets personal in a new memoir.

Should the Porn Industry Require Protection?

Roland Hulme, SeXis Magazine. March 24, 2011.

Making condoms mandatory, most agree, contradicts what porn should be about: Choice.

Will Health and Safety Regulators Ruin the Porn Industry?

Theresa "Darklady" Reed, AlterNet. March 2, 2011.

Should porn performers be required to wear goggles and latex gloves, and use condoms and dental dams for all body-to-body contact?

Why Lesbian Porn Is the Best

Lisa Gillespie, Campus Progress. February 24, 2011.

Mainstream porn traffics in male fantasies crafted and executed by men, with not much of women's fantasies or pleasure in mind.

Victorian Sex Rebels and Atheists: How Brave Artists Shook Up Prudish Mores

Cole Riley, SeXis Magazine. February 16, 2011.

How artists flouted religious fundamentalism, patriarchy, industrialism, and sexism with in-your-face challenges of eroticism and sexual identity.

8 Secrets from Behind-the-Scenes of a Porn Shoot

Susannah Breslin, The Frisky. February 1, 2011.

It will come as no surprise to most to hear that not everything you see in an adult movie is as it seems. But what really happens behind the scenes on the set of a porn movie?

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