why do i care so much about Farrah Abraham‘s “sex tape?” [NSFW LINK] i did reveal some time ago my obsession with teen mom, in an essay specifically inspired by a different atrocious marketing ploy, by the same individual no less, and my obsession with porn/the sex industry/sex workers rights is, i mean… why i have a blog to begin
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May 07, 2013
Farrah Abraham,
sex work,
social commentary,
Sulia • Tags:
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the real porn wikileaks,
today.com
huge thanks to Lydia Lee fka Julie Meadows for her recent, epic, coverage of the “anti-porn-stars” as she calls them (perfect)!!! i the wake of a plethora of life changes, i sort of imagined myself not bothering to finish posting the series. but after reading her critiques… first of Dines’ latest publication, Pornland, then of her friends’ Getting Off (Robert Jensen) and
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Jan 31, 2013
Ann Russo,
Chyng Sun,
Donna Hughes,
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Gail DInes,
Jean Kilbourne,
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i read an amazing piece called “Brain Damage” by D. Amster in volume II Issue IV of $pread magazine. this writer flips the academic feminist mission of women like gail dines (and, formerly, me) to “save” women in the industry, parodying this activity by fictionalizing a team of women whose mission it is to save women from academia. the preface
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Jan 31, 2013
$pread,
Andrea Dworkin,
Chyng Sun,
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Gail DInes,
Ron Jeremy,
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Simmons College,
The Lesbian Avengers,
Wheelock College • Tags:
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rape,
Ron Jeremy,
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Simmons College,
Wheelock College
many of you have requested my Gail Dines series return; so, I will be working on republishing those. in the mean time, check out the three-part article about Dines by Ms. Blog. I got the most awkward and hilarious line of my interview included in part two! If you don’t know who Dines is yet, this should paint you quite
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Apr 23, 2012
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rape,
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shopping,
Simmons College,
social commentary,
Wheelock College
**please note that this article contains graphic literary depictions of sexual violence and may be disturbing to some readers.** though my goal is to keep this blog from becoming a diary, i’ve decided to start our New Year off on an absolutely disturbing note, by republishing an article i wrote after getting assaulted while working as what i call a
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Jan 01, 2012
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URGENT: the full scale of the calamity that is this ballot initiative is now being revealed to the public. this is an unbelievable, and unfortunately very real, tale of financial greed. the motivation for this initiative is disturbing in ways that far exceed my original assertion that this was purely an action based on a hegemonic hatred of sex workers.
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Nov 30, 2011
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on the film that was ALWAYS meant to be seen
why do i care so much about Farrah Abraham‘s “sex tape?” [NSFW LINK] i did reveal some time ago my obsession with teen mom, in an essay specifically inspired by a different atrocious marketing ploy, by the same individual no less, and my obsession with porn/the sex industry/sex workers rights is, i mean… why i have a blog to begin
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Farrah Abraham, sex work, social commentary, Sulia • Tags: economics, economy, etiquette, farrah abraham, James Deen, pop culture, porn, pornography, sex work, social commentary, starcasm, the real porn wikileaks, today.com