Getting Off – Pornography and the End of Masculinity

Sexual Assault Awareness Month event:
Monday, April 7, at the Students Union Theater in Storrs
Robert Jensen: Getting Off – Pornography and the End of Masculinity:
Journalist, activist and author Robert Jensen will discuss his most recent book, Getting Off – “Expertly combining the ‘the personal’ with ‘the political,’ Robert Jensen exposes the pervasive misogyny of today’s pornography [...]

Pornography and the End of Masculinity

From an independent media siteAlterNet: Sex and Relationships: Pornography and the End of Masculinity
Author is Dan Hazen, executive editor of AlterNet. From the text:
“I have always been part of the collective liberal progressive libertarian value system that accepts pornography as a legitimate expression of the first amendment. Part of that thinking is that women [...]

Posting on the blog « BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS

….AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY BLACK WOMEN ARE DEGRADED AND DISRESPECTED IN AMERICA?
A very eloquent response to the Isaiah Thomas issue.
Here are the lead paragraphs from the AP story:
Knicks Exec Explains Use of Vulgar Term
By PAT MILTON, Associated Press Writer
Tue Sep 18, 6:02 Am
NEW YORK - To New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, hearing a [...]

NYTimes hits new low: uses “Trophy Wife” as factual descriptor of presidential candidate’s spouse — from WIMN’s Voices Blog

WIMN’s Voices: A Group Blog on Women, Media, AND… » Blog Archive » NYTimes hits new low: uses “Trophy Wife” as factual descriptor of presidential candidate’s spouse
“The question may seem sexist, even crass,” she says. “but serious people — as well as Mr. Thompson’s supporters — have been wrestling with the public reaction to Jeri [...]