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A feminist revolution in porn? There’s still a long way to go

Looking forward — This year, Europe’s largest erotic festival rebranded itself as a feminist rebuttal to mainstream ‘hetero-basic’ industry norms. But, as porn faces its own #MeToo moment, how much work is left to do?

  • Activism
  • Meaghan Beatley

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.

  • Opinion
  • 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.

  • Photography
  • 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.

  • Culture
  • 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.

  • Opinion
  • 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.

  • Culture
  • 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.

  • Music
  • 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.

  • Culture
  • Marianna Manson

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