Porn
Why does feminism keep leaving sex workers behind?
#ThemToo — Erika Lust discusses the media’s dire treatment of sex workers, and asks why social justice movements like #MeToo have left them almost completely out of the conversation.
Written by: Erika Lust
Documenting queer life under Turkey’s AKP party
The Purple Room — LGBT people are being forced to live in the shadows thanks to Turkey’s highly conservative government. In his new book, The Purple Room, Helio Leon shares their struggle.
Written by: Ellie Howard
Jon Ronson on porn, gender and sexual humiliation
In Conversation — Megan Nolan meets the author and journalist to discuss his new podcast The Butterfly Effect – a seven-part series examining the changing face of the US porn industry.
Written by: Megan Nolan
Everybody watches it, so why can't we have a grown up conversation about porn?
From Where I Stand — The UK government wants all adult sites to use age verification and Britain is once again hysterical. Everyone watches it, so let's have a nuanced debate, argues Abi Wilkinson.
Written by: Abi Wilkinson
The indie porn stars fighting for a kinky revolution
Get your freak on — Progressive porn is taking off and it’s proudly freaky, ethical and queer. But new legislation threatens to whitewash the industry just as things are heating up.
Written by: Alex King
Tackling porn addiction: a musician speaks up
An artificial intimacy — For Jesse Mac Cormack, the world of online porn can be seductive in all the wrong ways: a source of disconnection that messes with your brain and alters expectations in the bedroom.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Tackling stigma with gender queer pornstar Jiz Lee
Coming Out Like A Pornstar — Non-binary sex industry veteran Jiz Lee made a serious impact last year with a collection of touching memoirs about life in front of the lens, Coming Out Like A Pornstar. Now Jiz is turning the very vulnerability of these stories into a powerful political voice.
Written by: Marianna Manson
