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Anti-Semitism and Porn
Thank you to Mira Fox for recently publishing the article, The antisemitic conspiracy behind the anti-porn movement, in Forward Magazine. I’d like to make several points on the subject: I have never seen “Jewishness” featured as a theme in porn. This would, I suppose, be classed as philo-Semitism, if it ever happened. But it seems not…
Read MoreThe Eroticizing of Handball
Should handball compete with porn? The insistence of the International Handball Federation that women compete wearing bikini bottoms is worse than just “embarrassing,” as though someone had broken wind at the awards dinner. It is so grossly inappropriate for 2021 that one doesn’t know whether to poop or go blind. We are supposed to be…
Read MoreYearbook Photos and Hypocrisy in Johns County, Florida
Once again, what Baltimore editor H. L. Mencken called the “American boobsie” takes command, but this time in St. Johns County, Florida. “Indecent exposure.” As Yelena Dzhanova reports, a bit of cleavage is showing in the yearbook photos. But in Trumpland, we mandate none at all. These ninth-grade girls are just growing and getting accustomed…
Read MoreStrange Bedfellows, Indeed
What do a deputy sheriff and a porn star have in common? I’ll get to the sheriff’s deputy in moment. But first, let’s talk about Ron Jeremy. The Case of Porn Star Ron Jeremy This is not meant in any sense to be en exculpation of porn star Ron Jeremy, who is very famous and…
Read MoreNicholas Kristof Blows the Whistle on Pornhub
Nicholas Kristof was absolutely right to blow the whistle on Pornhub in his New York Times piece, since the dissemination of child pornography is absolutely unacceptable. Yet the reaction Kristof touched off seems to be more anti-porn than anti-child abuse. People are jumping up and down in rage in Nebraska, because the article gives them…
Read MoreRon Jeremy: From Aging Pornstar to Alleged Rapist
The only question about porn actor/filmmaker/comedian Ron Jeremy’s being charged with rape is: Why did it take so long? Only Some of the “Thousands of Women” Were Paid Professionals Jeremy boasted over the years of having had sex with “thousands” of women. He had most of this activity, of course, on camera, as the adult…
Read MoreWho Is #LadyGraham, and Why Do We Care?
Who Is #LadyGraham? The sex lives of politicians are of infinite interest, mainly because we have an inborn fondness for scandal. But let’s grant that U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) is gay. Nothing new here. The political spectrum is dotted with figures who are either out of the closet or presumed gay, to say…
Read MoreThe Adult Entertainment Industry Takes Care of Its Own
Lynn Comella’s analysis in a recent Washington Post article is excellent. Of the current porn scholars, Comella is arguably the most knowledgeable and articulate. Free Speech Coalition Protects Adult Entertainment Industry The adult entertainment industry can get along without government help. As Comelia says, “The adult community, led by the industry’s main trade association, the…
Read MorePorn Spikes During the Pandemic
According to Pornhub, on March 6, 2020, its worldwide traffic was up 11.6 percent; in the U.S., it increased 6.4 percent and, in Italy — which, at the time, was hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic — it was up 57 percent. In the porn world, if there’s a crisis beyond the pandemic and the…
Read MoreCoronavirus Fears: Avoiding Sex Service Providers and Stockpiling Toilet Paper
According to the Associated Press, brothels are closing in Europe, where sex “providers” are legal, because the demand is drying up because of the coronavirus pandemic. Prostitution is illegal in the United States and semi-legal in Canada, but demand is drying up here, too. And on both sides of the Pond, the “SPs” (Service Providers)…
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