NEW BOOK: Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity from South End Press. Click here for video of an interview and here for a radio interview about the book.

The "Pornography and Pop Culture: Reframing Theory, Rethinking Activism" national conference in March 2007 was a huge success and led to the formation of the new group Stop Porn Culture! Click here for information on our new feminist anti-pornography slide show. Also take a look at the web site for my co-author, Gail Dines.

Also check out this comprehensive web site about the feminist critique of pornograhy and this feminist anti-pornography blog.

Articles on gender, sexuality, and pornography

“Universal patterns within cultural diversity: Patriarchy makes men crazy and stupid,” posted on Monthly Review Zine, July 8, 2008.
“Diversity and the incoherence of journalism’s ideology,” Outlook (magazine of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association), Summer 2008, p. 9.
“Masculine, feminine or human?” posted on SleptOn.com, June 2, 2008.
“The sorrows of race and gender in the 2008 presidential election,” posted on Counterpunch and Dissident Voice, April 21, 2008.
“The anti-feminist politics behind the pornography that ‘empowers’ women,” co-authored with Gail Dines, posted on ZNet and Atlantic Free Press, February 2, 2008.
"Does porn make the man?" posted on Alternet, November 17, 2007. Also distributed as a ZNet Commentary.
"The quagmire of masculinity," posted on Counterpunch, October 22, 2007.

"Pornographic positions," posted on Atlantic Free Press, October 22, 2007.
ZNet book interivew--Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity, posted on ZNet, September 28, 2007.
"Pornography and the end of masculinity," with introduction by Don Hazen, posted on Alternet, September 22, 2007.
“Abusive images belittle women, men and sex,” Irish Examiner ( Dublin), June 7, 2007, p. 10.
"Men and pornography: Real men, real choices," Voice Male magazine, Spring 2007, pp. 8-10, 20, 24.
"Media reform should include critique of sexual-exploitation media," posted on Alternet, February 10, 2007. Also distributed as ZNet Commentary.
Pornographic query: Is a DP inherently sexist? posted on Dissident Voice, November 14, 2006.
"The consequences of the death of empathy," posted on Common Dreams and Counterpunch, October 30, 2006. Also distributed as ZNet Commentary.
“Men being men is a bad deal: Guys should evolve beyond masculinity,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 8, 2006, p. F-3. Also appeared as "The high cost of manliness," posted on Alternet, September 8, 2006.
"One nation, in the closet," Anniston Star (AL), April 30, 2006, p. E-4. Also posted on Counterpunch and ZNet.
"So, what do you give our society's most influential pimp?" co-authored with Gail Dines, Houston Chronicle, April 9, 2006.
“The pursuit of manliness harms men -- and women as well,” co-authored with Gail Dines, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 2, 2006.
"Noxxxious fumes: As porn turns more mainstream, the images it produces are more degrading," Hindustan Times (India), February 9, 2006. Also posted on OpEdNews.com.
"Pornography is a left issue," posted on ZNet, December 6, 2005.

"This strong feminist voice was hardly a man-hater," Houston Chronicle, April 19, 2005, p. B-9.

"Just a prude? Feminism, pornography and men's choices," April 5, 2005. An edited version ran as "Empathy and choices: Rethinking the debate on pornography," American Sexuality magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4, August 2005.

"Just a john? Pornography and men's choices," posted on Left Hook and xy, March 9, 2005.

"Sex, sexual violence, and the sex industry: Some thoughts for boys and men," March 1, 2005.

"A cruel edge: The painful truth about today's pornography -- and what men can do about it," MS magazine, Spring 2004, pp. 54-58.

"Pornography and sexual violence," VAWnet, July 2004.

"You are what you eat: The pervasive porn industry and what it says about you and your desires," Clamor magazine, September/October 2002, pp. 54-59.

"Men's pleasure, women's pain: A dangerous sexual ethic woven into cultural fabric,'" Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, September 1, 2002, pp. D-1, 3.

"Blow bangs and cluster bombs: The cruelty of men and Americans," feminista , July 2002.

"Resisting masculinity: The importance of feminism to men," ZNet Commentary, February 22, 2002

"Tired of hot sex? Some lessons from radical lesbian feminists on how to approach sexuality at a deeper level," OutSmart Magazine , Houston, February 2001, pp. 80-83.

"Signs of Struggle: Voices from the Anti-Pornography Movement" (review of In Harm's Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings), Jurist/Books-on-Law, July 1998.