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Math Magazine and 'good' porn.

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MrsToddsShortcut · 20/08/2016 10:28

While I can see what she is trying to do, is the concept of 'nice'/'good' porn still not skirting around the same ballpark as all the hideous, damaging degrading stuff? It's still effectively saying porn is okay. Or would you say this is closer to erotic writing, I.e no real people involved? Is it just the wide end of a very nasty wedge? Genuinely not sure how I feel about this.

Huff post article about Math magazine

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BertrandRussell · 20/08/2016 13:06

Good to see the Whatabouters having a good trot round.

Grimarse · 20/08/2016 12:54

but most "feminist porn" still involves real people, and I am very sceptical about the consent issues.

Why do you think feminists producing porn would care any less about consensual sex than you do, Vestal? If care is taken to remove any exploitation, then adults should be allowed to take part in any porn/erotica that they see fit. Manufacturing is very problematic, from iPhones to clothing. Workers abroad, often children, are open to exploitation and sometimes outright slavery. But we don't stop shopping at Apple or Primark, do we? Surely regulation of the industry and severe penalties for those who break the law is the way to go in any walk of life. And I don't see that forcing a woman to produce dresses in a building that might collapse on her head is any less evil than coercing her into having sex on camera.

MrsToddsShortcut · 20/08/2016 12:29

It does look very art house and 'unsexy' but then I'm guessing they were v limited as to what they could reproduce.

I just have a feeling that however ethical/nice/cool this stuff is, it's still validating the idea that porn itself is cool so long as it's produced a certain way. But by it's very existence, isn't it validating the wider porn industry (which does hurt/ damage people)?

However well intentioned they are, I don't think you can divorce the two.

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deadringer · 20/08/2016 12:25

I had a quick read and my problem with it is that aside from any possible ethical issues, it all looks pretty unsexy, if thats a word.

VestalVirgin · 20/08/2016 11:47

I don't want to see the pictures, as apparently there were photos among them, so didn't read the article.

I'm okay with erotic writing and comics, as long as it does not promote misogyny, but most "feminist porn" still involves real people, and I am very sceptical about the consent issues. (Also suspect the target group of, you know, porn-porn, doesn't really watch this nice, consensual feminist porn, because they want to see violence against women.)

Felascloak · 20/08/2016 11:29

Meh. It sounds a bit art house to me. I don't know how you can ever be sure about the ethics of porn. Yeah, I guess I don't know how I feel about it either

Felascloak · 20/08/2016 11:25

Link didn't work for me, here's another www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/math-magazine-feminist-porn_us_57ae25b2e4b069e7e50550d6?

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