FW: So where in the world is Nina Hartley ...?

[mikebailey]

On Sat, 19 May 2007, Bryan Snyder wrote:

> could go on and on about the suicide of feminism that lies in the center of
> modern porn too, obviously all opinion, but I think the idea that women are
> empowered by showcasing their sexuality and therefore porn is acceptable as
> a career is a total joke.  It's the Frankenstein's monster of the women's
> movement.  All those porn actress empowering themselves are still serving
> male domination.
>

Annie Sprinkle?  some feminist approaches to porn exist...
she had this great article somewhere about vulva massage as an
aid to easy childbirth...
I guess porn is offensive when it bypasses the mind entirely?
Or, when it assumes that id drives overrule ethical imperatives?
Pynchon doesn't do either: not all his sex scenes are even
arousing, he pulls out that stop only sparingly and very judiciously...

insufficient data as to him vis a vis Taormina; but, just as a matter
of taste, I'd be inclined to say "ewww" at the spectacle of an uncle
blurbing his niece's career in erotica - if this be prudery, I'm a prude