Porn On Australian Current Affairs Shows
About this time last year I wrote a post called Beware These Skewed Statistics About Porn “Addiction”. I talked about preliminary research by two University of Sydney academics, Gomathi and Raj Sitharthan, who had conducted a survey of 800 people, focusing on compulsive behaviour toward porn, or, as it’s misleadingly called “porn addiction.”* The survey specifically invited participants who self-identified as having a problem with porn. Many of the questions focused not on regular porn use but problematic behaviours and ultimately asked about the best way to “cure” the “addiction.
At the time, news outlets had taken the preliminary results of that survey and happily applied it to the population at large, running scare-stories about the terrible impact porn was having on the lives of everybody.
A year later, it’s happening again. The ABC’s 7.30 Report last night ran an inflammatory report, ramping up the bogeyman of porn addiction. For reporter Rebecca Baillie, an 800-person survey of self-identified problem porn users can easily be applied to the entire porn-watching population. Worse still, she then went on to suggest that a compulsive use of adult porn led to an inevitable use of child abuse material. You can read the transcript and see the video here.
It’s that time of year again when Toronto goes rather queer and hosts Good for Her’s annual Feminist Porn Awards, now in it’s 7th year. I’ve been wanting to go since it started but circumstances always seem to prevent it.
We can sometimes feel a little isolated here at the Arse End Of The World. So often exciting things happen in the US, UK or Europe and we’re always a bit behind the times, like the slightly-embarrassing younger sister who tags along on your adventures even though she’s unfashionably dressed and makes tactless comments during Important Grownup Conversations that don’t concern her. We try to be cool in our own way but we’re not always successful.
Cracked.com is a comedy website that specializes in writing up vaguely amusing lists about popular culture and society. Think “The five worst superhero movies” or similar. Good for a quick laugh but not terribly deep. Except on Tuesday they did something a little unusual, posting an article that looked alarmingly like feminist commentary, written by a male senior editor. And damn, if it hasn’t gone viral.
My friend Petra Joy has announced the launch of the 
Last Tango (2011)
OK. This is gonna be a deep, long, TLDNR post. If you’re after porn, scroll down, hit back and check out the other recent posts.
While I’m sure we can all agree with the post title as a general rule (except perhaps you literal skeptic types out there), I want to apply it specifically to childbirth. Because damn, a woman’s cunt is an amazing thing.
10 May
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