1 Hi, I'd like to tell you about what's been going on with porn and US culture in the past 24 hours. I want you to understand first of all what sex workers are expected to constantly endure, but also that a cultural movement to ban pornography is building right now.
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2 The first thing is that the NYTimes thought it was appropriate to publish - as their Magazine cover story seen by millions of people - a feature by
@maggiepjones about why porn is so problematic for teen sexuality, and how we can mediate that problem. It's a cowardly article.7 replies 74 retweets 476 likesShow this thread -
3 Maggie displays no knowledge about porn history, porn as an artform, porn aesthetics, how pornographers make it.. She doesn't know anything about porn. She's an MFA professor. Somehow, the
@nytimes thought, "now THIS is the person to write this story about the problem of porn!"11 replies 84 retweets 559 likesShow this thread -
4 So of course, the piece rehashes all the old narratives. The starting point, as always, is "porn is a problem!" And then it moves onto "How can we fix this problem so that it's not a problem!" It has a gloss of not being anti-porn. ANY porn performer can see that it is.
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5 One of the things that makes this so obvious is Maggie's choice of two main interviewees to represent porn: Cindy Gallop, who has always stood apart from the industry, and Erika Lust, who assisted Rashida Jones in creating the anti-porn series, Hot Girls Wanted.
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6 The piece offers absolutely nothing substantial. She interviews teenagers that say things like, "If I don't act like a porn star, girls won't like it" and "Do women want what's on the screen?" You know, stuff teenagers have always said and thought. Nothing new.
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>She interviews teenagers that say things like, "If I don't act like a porn star, girls won't like it"... You know, stuff teenagers have always said and thoughtpic.twitter.com/ymsodeIxEw
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