Former Porn Star? Can’t Teach, But We’ll Let You Preach
FULTON, N.Y. – Stop when this starts to sound familiar: A former porn star remakes herself as preacher’s wife, embraces Jesus as her personal savior and thoroughly renounces her porn past ...
Tag: porn and public policy
The Definition of ‘Porn Site’ Has Expanded, Evidently
AUSTIN, Texas – When I launched my first free porn site during those carefree days of the late 1990s, despite what Justice Potter Stewart said about the definition of porn ...
Do Anti-Porn Groups Have New Reason for Hope?
WASHINGTON – Amid the sound and fury attending the signing of his various executive orders, many of which appear designed to deliver immediately on specific campaign promises, one of President ...
Navy Outlaws Porn. What’s Next, a Ban on Cursing?
PORTSMOUTH, England – With the enactment of new policies banning the possession of pornography on its warships, submarines and on-shore bases, the Royal Navy (RN) has joined its allies across ...
How Will This Study Be Conducted, Exactly?
OTTAWA – There are certain subjects that stymie scientific examination not due to their complexity or because they have an innately opaque nature, but because the realities of non-scientific fields (like ...
‘The Porn Conversation’: Erika Lust has a Point
BARCELONA – As a generally cynical person, I’m prone to look for ulterior motives behind things like public service campaigns initiated by individuals and companies, particularly when the goal or ...
Law and Ego: Are Trump Porn Parodies Risky?
CYPRUS – In 2008, I had a remarkable conversation with a marketing director from a major adult entertainment studio about a porn parody planned by his creative team but derailed ...
Of Teachers, Presidents, Porn and Double Standards
DALLAS – One of the unfortunate facts of life for anyone who has performed in porn is the choice tends to follow the person through the rest of his or her ...
VA Pols: Porn Not ‘Public Health Crisis,’ but Still Evil
RICHMOND, Va. – While the Virginia General Assembly appears disinclined to proclaim pornography a “public health crisis,” a modified version of an earlier resolution soon to be voted on by ...
Useful Taboo: The Public Consumption of Porn
SALT LAKE CITY – As an apparent extension of the state’s resolution proclaiming porn to be a public health crisis, Utah State Sen. Todd Weiler has proposed a new measure ...
