. . . is now up at the Spinning Spinsters'. Enjoy!
And I still blame the porno-iarchy. . . and the patriarchy!
ETA (08/22/2008)= I just read this today: Radical feminist Jenn has done a wonderful job with her critique of a pro-"feminist porn" article. Go read it!
And thanks a lot, Laurelin, for your support. :)
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The blog of a woman who speaks out on the HARMS of pornography, prostitution, etc and who doesn't care about being the target of slanderers because speaking out against sexual exploitation is of the utmost importance.
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Maggie's Weblog
The blog of Maggie, creator of the feminist anti-porn web site Against Pornography at https://www.againstpornography.org/
My website has an FAQ's section at https://www.againstpornography.org/questionsandanswers.html
WARNING: Parts of this blog may be triggering.
READ THE RULES:
I have heard about malestream opinions and values my whole life. Struggling to live within such a difficult, misogynistic culture, I do not have the patience to argue with people who will endlessly defend the pornstitution industry, malestream ideology and/or anti-feminist morals & values. Therefore if I get any comment which is either pro-porn/prostitution or in any way offensive, I will have to delete it and it will be a great pleasure for me when I will push the “reject” button. The same applies to any comment which (I will be able to tell) shows that the person has no genuine interest in what I write apart from trying to pick a fight in the comment section (in other words, any comment including an unfriendly tone or a defense of patriarchal values will be deleted). I have no time to engage in any ‘debate’ with people defending male sexual exploitation of women; I want social change! This blog is not for defending pornography, stripping, and/or prostitution. This is an anti-porn blog. Pornography and prostitution are indefensible. The level of harms done to women and children is way too high!
This feminist blog is a venue for people who are pro-woman and who do recognize the harms of the 'sex' industry, or who at least acknowledge that pornography "might be harmful". It is also a way of expressing my anger about living in an awfully patriarchal society, in a world that doesn't take violence against women seriously.
Please avoid posting religious comments. I can fully understand that many of you (in such a depressing world), needing something to hold onto and to believe in, often turn to (unfortunately patriarchal) religions. However, please respect the fact that I am secular (and this is a non-religious blog) by not sending any religious comment(s).
P.S.: You don't necessarily need to be a Blogger member to leave a comment, but please try to choose a nickname when you post (if you can).
My website has an FAQ's section at https://www.againstpornography.org/questionsandanswers.html
WARNING: Parts of this blog may be triggering.
READ THE RULES:
I have heard about malestream opinions and values my whole life. Struggling to live within such a difficult, misogynistic culture, I do not have the patience to argue with people who will endlessly defend the pornstitution industry, malestream ideology and/or anti-feminist morals & values. Therefore if I get any comment which is either pro-porn/prostitution or in any way offensive, I will have to delete it and it will be a great pleasure for me when I will push the “reject” button. The same applies to any comment which (I will be able to tell) shows that the person has no genuine interest in what I write apart from trying to pick a fight in the comment section (in other words, any comment including an unfriendly tone or a defense of patriarchal values will be deleted). I have no time to engage in any ‘debate’ with people defending male sexual exploitation of women; I want social change! This blog is not for defending pornography, stripping, and/or prostitution. This is an anti-porn blog. Pornography and prostitution are indefensible. The level of harms done to women and children is way too high!
This feminist blog is a venue for people who are pro-woman and who do recognize the harms of the 'sex' industry, or who at least acknowledge that pornography "might be harmful". It is also a way of expressing my anger about living in an awfully patriarchal society, in a world that doesn't take violence against women seriously.
Please avoid posting religious comments. I can fully understand that many of you (in such a depressing world), needing something to hold onto and to believe in, often turn to (unfortunately patriarchal) religions. However, please respect the fact that I am secular (and this is a non-religious blog) by not sending any religious comment(s).
P.S.: You don't necessarily need to be a Blogger member to leave a comment, but please try to choose a nickname when you post (if you can).
Important
Fight Porn Culture!
Feminist / Anti-Pornstitution Links
- 'Cause Knowledge is Power (Cellycel)
- 2BSophora (Sophie)
- A-mazing Amazon
- Abyss2Hope (Marcella Chester)
- Adonis Mirror
- Against Pornography
- Always Causing Legal Unrest
- Andrea Dworkin Online Library
- Angry for a Reason (Lost Clown)
- Anti-Porn Activist Network
- Anti-Porn Feminists
- Anti-Porn Resource Center
- Anti-Pornography Activist Blog
- Archive of the Biting Beaver
- AROOO
- Atheist Woman (AW fisticuffer)
- AW - Free and Fled
- Beyond Feminism (Mary Tracy)
- Bin the Bunny
- Blog of Feminist Activism
- Bonobobabe
- Buggle's blog
- Buried Alive (Pisaquari)
- Carnival of Radical Feminists
- Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
- Demonista
- Demonista (LJ)
- Diana Russell
- Ethically Speaking
- Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation
- Feminist Reprise
- Fight the Lies
- Fire in the Bamboo (Phio Gistic)
- Genderberg
- Gorgon Poisons (Allecto)
- Hustling the Left
- I Blame The Patriarchy
- I Can't Fly (Jo22)
- Jenn - XXBlaze
- Lara - Rychousmama
- Laurelin in the Rain
- MediaWatch
- Mermaid's Garden
- Miss Andrea
- Nikki Craft
- No Porn Northampton
- NOLA radfem
- Not For Sale: Survivors in Revolt
- Object
- Off Our Backs
- Our Voices Matter
- Pornography and Civil Rights: A New Day for Women's Equality
- Pornography and Rape: A Causal Model
- Prostitution Research and Education
- Rage Against the Man-chine
- Rain's blog
- Reclusive Leftist
- reSISTERance
- Rmott62’s Weblog
- Robert Jensen's Articles on Gender, Sexuality and Pornography
- SAGE Project—Standing Against Global Exploitation
- Scottish Women Against Pornography
- Screaming into the Void
- Sex Trade Opposition Project (STOP Australia)
- Sinister Girl
- Sparkle*Matrix
- Spinning Spinsters
- Stop Porn Culture
- Stormy
- Take the No-Porn Pledge
- Talkin' Trash
- The Female Stain
- This is Not an Invitation to Rape Me
- This is Playboy
- Too Much to Say for Myself (Cath Elliott)
- Valerie Speaks
- Vegantabulous! (ms. jared)
- White Ribbon Campaign - Halifax (Canada)
- Witchy-Woo
- Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press
- Women's Lives Matter & Women's Life Matters
- Women's Space (Heart)
French-Speaking Radical Feminist(s)? Féministe(s) Radicale(s) Francophone(s):
Visit(ez) Mauvaise Herbe’s Weblog.
Visit(ez) Mauvaise Herbe’s Weblog.
A Language Invented by Patriarchy
“. . . it is necessary to grasp the fundamental fact that women have had the power of naming stolen from us.”
-- Mary Daly.
“. . . men have the power of naming, a great and sublime power. This power of naming enables men to define experience, to articulate boundaries and values, to designate to each thing its realm and qualities, to determine what can and cannot be expressed, to control perception itself. . . Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it. Thought, experienced primarily as language, is permeated by the linguistic and perceptual values developed expressly to subordinate women. Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent or consequence, are with or against assertions or premises implicit in the male system, which is made credible or authentic by the power of men to name. No transcendence of the male system is possible as long as men have the power of naming. . . so feminists will have to steal the power of naming from men, hopefully to better effect. . .”
-- Andrea Dworkin.
-- Mary Daly.
“. . . men have the power of naming, a great and sublime power. This power of naming enables men to define experience, to articulate boundaries and values, to designate to each thing its realm and qualities, to determine what can and cannot be expressed, to control perception itself. . . Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it. Thought, experienced primarily as language, is permeated by the linguistic and perceptual values developed expressly to subordinate women. Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent or consequence, are with or against assertions or premises implicit in the male system, which is made credible or authentic by the power of men to name. No transcendence of the male system is possible as long as men have the power of naming. . . so feminists will have to steal the power of naming from men, hopefully to better effect. . .”
-- Andrea Dworkin.
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About Me
- Maggie
- I'm Maggie. I am the radical feminist creator of the anti-porn web site Against Pornography at www.againstpornography.org/ I am anti-misogynist, anti-racist, anti-homophobia, anti-patriarchy, and anti-capitalist. I am strongly standing up to pornified culture and sexism. I am determinedly anti-pornstitution. I am appalled by all the atrocious ways so many women and girls suffer inside and outside of the 'sex' industry. This is why I am against this whole patriarchal pornographic/prostitution culture. I encourage people to recognize the harms of pornography and prostitution. I want women and children to be free from harm, abuse, violence, and exploitation.
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