I'm not personally into the idea of one figurehead. No one person represents all sides of the adult internet, and no one would be able to agree on one person to trust.
As I said in one of the other threads, I really believe in having a number of different voices to be most effective, including women and performers. Yes, we horny cocksuckers can string words together, and you're only shooting yourself in the foot to limit yourselves to seeking out figureheads who are well known male webmasters. (Not to say that Conner or Greenguy wouldn't make great participants in such a project, but everyone needs to think outside the boy's club.)
I'm down for working on something like this. How about Seska, Tasty Trixie, Darklady, Violet Blue, or Heather Corinna? Or bigger names like Nina Hartley, Annie Sprinkle, and Tristan Taormino? Has anyone heard of any of these kick-ass women in adult and the personal fights many of them have fought to try and make adult better and speak out on behalf of porno?
(And how about throwing in some gay and trans people as well? While I'm not in gay circles, I'm sure there are wonderful people there, as well, who have even more stigmas and neo-con bullshit to battle.)
I think people are getting confused about their opponents in this matter, and forgetting that only half the argument against porn is based on protecting children. The other half is based on protecting women, and as someone who devotes no small amount of time to feminist/gender/sexuality studies, I know that a group helmed by a man who's never been in front of a camera wouldn't be received well by many women, intellectuals, and people on the liberal/left side of things. And yes, liberals and lefties *do* hate smut, too. Nothing confounds the shit out of them like having a porn chick back-sass their perfectly formed notions about how women need someone to protect them from themselves.
2006-02-01, 06:15 AM
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