Feminists Against Pornography

[ThomCat]

Morgana LeFay passed along an e-mail with some useful links and gave me permission to share it with all of you.
:)

From: NFAM <[e-mail] >
Date: Aug 24, 2007 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: Three Cheers!
To: bellesfleurs <[e-mail]>

Dear Morgana,

Thanks for writing! Yes, we are developing an email list and I will put you on it.


And thanks for your interest in feminist anti-pornography activities. It's an important and exciting time to be confronting the misogyny and racism of the pornography industry, and there are several new resources available to activists.

First is the new anti-pornography slide show with a script that was developed by Gail Dines, Rebecca Whisnant and Robert Jensen. To receive of copy of the script and supplementary materials, along with the CD with the PowerPoint presentation, send us a mailing address. At the March 2007 conference in Boston we asked those who could afford it for a $5 donation to cover costs, with $2 for shipping and postage. Checks made out to "Feminists Against Pornography" can be sent to:
Gail Dines
Department of American Studies
Wheelock College
35 Pilgrim Road
Boston, MA 02215


There also are several talks online from the conference, featuring the people involved in the production of that slide show. To find that video, go to:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22feminist+antipornography%22
or type "feminist anti-pornography" into Google Video at:
http://video.google.com/

One of those speakers, Robert Jensen, also has a new book on pornography, Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity. For information about ordering, go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Off-Pornography-End-Masculinity/dp/089608776X/ref=sr_1_4/104-9426921-2621516?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187298613&sr=1-4

There are a number of web sites with important information about the feminist anti-pornography critique and the growing movement to take back our culture. A good comprehensive site to start with is at:
http://www.againstpornography.org/

Hopefully we can build a movement to beat back the misogyny of the pornographers. I know it feels overwhelming most of the time, but we can't give up.

Lierre for NFAM

[efhmc]

1. Thanks for this imformation.

[mzteris]

2. I seek a haven

from the pro-porn crowd.

I just don't understand. I honestly don't. These are people I like. They seem intelligent and well-adjusted - but they seem to LOVE PORN and not Not NOT get how porn affects society as a whole.

They think I'm "repressed". They think I'm "cold". They think I'm "anti-sex" "anti-male" (or antifemale) "anti-freedom (of expression, self, etc....)" (Believe me, past partners have thought the exact opposite of THAT. :evilgrin:)

They truly believe that participants in porn are "willing" - and maybe they do seem to be? - but is it a "normal willing" - or a "willingness" based on something having gone wrong - somewhere (money, esteem, power, attention)?

And even if - IF, maybe they are right and I am wrong about these "willing participants" - what about the damage done to those too young or otherwise-impaired who might be subjected to watching it?

I just find it sickening and demeaning to all parties involved, including the voyeurs. I *may* be wrong - but it still makes me feel physically ill to consider. How can I deal with people I know and like that openly embrace this stuff and who blithely dismiss any concerns?

I would (and have) consider it an insult if my 'partner' needs porn. If they want that, they obviously don't want *me*. And if they can't/won't respect that - then please move along.

I. just. don't. get. it.

Why would one "need" porn anyway if everything were functioning as it should in a relationship?

[defendandprotect]

3. Thanks for the info -- back later to actually read some of it -- !!!