Pornography: Ethics and the Industry – Part 1
The Free Hetherington was a wonderful place. Over the seven month occupation as it emerged as a hub for activists of all stripes to congregate and share ideas. In amongst the activism, probably due...
View ArticleTowards a sex-neutral feminism
Over at the (very excellent) Radical Transfeminist blog, Lisa Millbank has been thinking through some of the theory behind “sex-negative feminism”. This current has been out of fashion in contemporary...
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BD/SM and the reification of patriarchal sexuality (Part 1/2)
The shift in feminism from the second to the third wave has seen a number of challenges arise to what was thought to be established feminist thinking. One of those challenges is in the rise in...
View ArticleSubjects, Objects and the Sex Industry
One of the areas which causes most consternation in feminist circles is the sex industry. Many, particularly women in the industry consider some of the narratives that surround abolitionist discourse...
View ArticleBD/SM and the Sexual Reification of Patriarchy (Part 2/2)
Part two of a two part series (part 1), this post explores patriarchy, power, violence and female sexuality, arguing that a BD/SM is not unproblematic, but as a reification of patriarchial sexuality it...
View ArticleRape Porn and its Malcontents
At the start of the month, London Rape Crisis sent a letter, signed by a number of prominent campaigners around violence against women, to the Prime Minister requesting that he banned “rape porn”,...
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