Robert Jensen, South End Press. November 17, 2007. Most men have, at some point, feared not being masculine enough, especially in the bedroom. Pornography speaks to that fear.
Michael Bader, Vivian Dent, AlterNet. November 7, 2007. In response to Robert Jensen's controversial book, Getting Off, two clinical psychologists debate the intersection of violence and sexual fantasy.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2007. Steve Benen: Those who wear the uniform and put their lives on the line for their country should be able to read whatever they want.
Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. October 17, 2007. Pam Spaulding: The religious right's solution? A six-month live-in program in the middle of nowhere, where internet porn is unavailable.
Susie Bright, SusieBright.com. October 2, 2007. There's a difference between the real world of child abuse -- a story that apparently has no legs-- and Child-Porn!™ that is constructed by unethical politicians.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. September 27, 2007. From video games to historical art, and from sexual repression to violence against women, AlterNet readers have a lot to say about porn. Here's the first in a two-part series.
Riane Eisler, AlterNet. September 25, 2007. It's time to admit that the subordination of women perpetuates the very conditions of repression and violence liberals abhor.
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.
David Cassel, AlterNet: PEEK. August 24, 2007. David Cassel: Former producers of the show reveal how it blurs the line between television and law enforcement and other apparent lapses in journalism ethics.
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.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. June 7, 2007. Julie Amero, a Connecticut substitute teacher unfairly prosecuted for accidentally showing porn to her students, is getting a second chance to defend herself.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 30, 2007. Vanessa Valenti: Naomi Wolf's New York Magazine cover story on pornography makes the mistake of focusing predominately on the effect of porn on men.
AlterNetFebruary 14, 2007. More than 400 commenters responded to Robert Jensen's article suggesting that the prickly issue of censorship was preventing a long-delayed consideration of the social dangers of the porn industry.
Robert Jensen, AlterNet. February 10, 2007. The fear of anything resembling censorship prevents us from confronting what pornography tells us about the cruelty of our culture, and the white supremacy and misogyny that abounds in America.
