Pornography - The Pursuit of Harpyness

Movienotes: The Price of Pleasure...

Posted by annajcook in Feminist Food for Thought, Harpy Cinematical Society on 02 16th, 2012 | No Comments

Note: This is part two of my series of posts related to a screening of The Price of Pleasure and discussion about pornography that took place at the Boston University School of Public Health on Friday, 10 February 2012. Part one can be found here and my discussion of the post-screening debate can be...

The Trap of Poor Framing: Teenagers, Sex...

Posted by annajcook in Feminist Food for Thought on 04 4th, 2011 | 31 Comments

Last Friday, Hanna tipped me off to this advice column question posted at The Guardian. My 16-year-old son has disappeared into the bathroom several times with a laptop for extended periods of time. I know he has been looking at pornographic websites and, when asked, he freely admits it, putting it...

Ecclectic Thoughts on Finding Erotica...

Posted by annajcook in Thoughts on 02 21st, 2011 | 9 Comments

Unknown woman poses topless in front of a mirror. Image posted the Vintage Pulchritude blog (link below) Reader Skada requested on the recent thread about pornography that we put together some links to “women-empowering porn.” This post grew out of that request. First, some disclaimers and...

Pornography Nation...

Posted by SarahMC in Thoughts on 02 8th, 2011 | 52 Comments

Feminists who are critical of porn are often painted with the “anti-sex” brush. I’ve always maintained that porn itself is often anti-sex. A pair of articles in New York Magazine has demonstrated why I see things that way. The first–“They Know What Boys Want”–consists...

Rear-Ended by Porn...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts on 09 20th, 2009 | 8 Comments

Via romeotees @ Flickr. Today in my Bed, Bitch and Beyond blog at Bitch Magazine, my pornography blame-a-thon continues. This week the topic is anal sex. (And let me just say that the Google search results involved in researching this post were…interesting). Recent scientifc data–which we’ll...

I (Still) Blame Porn...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 08 30th, 2009 | 11 Comments

Harpyness readers, however, DO IT RITE. At brunch yesterday, my fellow Harpies asked if I would be writing a responsa to the 80+ comments generated by my “I Blame Porn” post at Bitch Magazine. They know me too well. What has two thumbs and likes to have her say? THIS BITCH. Here it is. Thank...

I Blame Porn...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 08 28th, 2009 | 26 Comments

HEAD/DESK For your weekend…a link to “I Blame Porn“, my latest Bed Bitch, and Beyond post from Bitch Magazine, in which I raise the topic: is internet porn changing sex for teenagers and twentysomethings? How has the rise of mainstream, accessible porn started fucking with teenage brains,...

XXX Marks the Spot...

Posted by sarah.of.a.lesser.god in Thoughts on 05 22nd, 2009 | 14 Comments

i didn't know anything COULD wash away testosterone. via markpayne @ flickr If you’re tired of the countless ads for Viagra and Cialis and the like, Newsweek has some bad news for you. The newest condition that pharmaceutical companies are poised to pounce on is “Low-T” — the...

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