Grammy-award winning artist Billie Eilish recently revealed that the impact of porn use in her younger years left her feeling as if it had “destroyed her brain”. On The Howard Stern Show – a show, it must be said, that…
I am greatly encouraged to see so many reforms recommended by the Committee at the end of their pre-legislative scrutiny process, particularly in relation to commercial pornography. Where the draft Online Safety Bill lets the porn industry lurk in the…
The University of Durham is now offering “training for students involved in the Adult Sex Industry”. Similarly, a so-called “Sex Work Toolkit” was put together by the University of Leicester a few months ago and went viral on Twitter, with thousands…
A recent media storm has developed around former Hollyoaks actress Sarah Jane Dunn, focusing on her involvement with porn site OnlyFans, and her subsequent firing from the TV soap after the show’s bosses found out. Dunn has reportedly recently made…
This short article lays out how Pornhub is complicit in sex trafficking, exploitation and abuse.
This week saw the launch of a landmark report by Professor Clare McGlynn, Dr Fiona Vera-Gray, Dr Kate Butterby, and Dr Ibad Kureshi entitled “Sexual violence as a sexual script in mainstream online pornography”. This report is arguably the most…
The past week has seen a sadly necessary but welcome groundswell in media attention around the anti-sexual violence campaign group “Everyone’s Invited”, who have been active in highlighting just how prevalent and insidious rape culture and sexual abuse has become…
The University of Durham is now offering “training for students involved in the Adult Sex Industry”. Similarly, a so-called “Sex Work Toolkit” was put together by the University of Leicester a few months ago and went viral on Twitter, with thousands…
“I’m going to go in the other room, and I’m going to cover myself in oil, I’m going to do that for about 10 minutes, and I’m going to make about £8000”. This is the opening line of Channel 4’s…
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