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Pornography
December 10, 2020
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Melissa Gira Grant
Nick Kristof and the Holy War on Pornhub
Having declared victory in its war on Backpage and sex work, the liberal-conservative coalition has pivoted to porn.
April 28, 2020
Critical Mass
Jo Livingstone
Reagan, Gay Porn, and Family Secrets Star in
Circus of Books
An intimate documentary about Los Angeles’s queer history
March 27, 2018
Jeet Heer
,
Jo Livingstone
Is “Porn Star” the Best Way to Describe Stormy Daniels?
A conversation about the language the media uses for people at the intersection of sex work and politics
January 17, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Triumph of Porn Over Social Conservatism
Why Trump's alleged affairs with erotic stars aren't hurting him on the right
September 29, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Hugh Hefner Was Never The Star of
Playboy
His greatest achievement was the brilliant criticism he provoked from women.
September 23, 2016
David Dayen
The California Ballot Is an Epic Joke
There are 17 statewide propositions this year—a recipe for confusion that benefits special interests and disempowers legislators.
September 1, 2016
Ryan Kearney
A rabbi and a Playboy model walk into a newspaper office.
October 14, 2015
Jeet Heer
All Work and No Playboy
Today's upwardly mobile men don't have time to dream about bunnies
April 6, 2015
Sarah Ditum
I Used to Think Being Anti-Porn Meant Being Pro-Censorship. I Was Wrong.
January 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Porn Star Belle Knox Doesn't Know What Libertarianism Is. Neither Do Libertarians.
December 5, 2014
Lauren Razavi
U.K.'s New Porn Laws Aren't Just Out of Touch. They're Sexist.
September 3, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Is Revenge Porn Legal in Your State?
Based on this map, it probably is
November 10, 1997
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Stanley Kauffmann
Boogie Nights
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Paul Thomas Anderson's second feature moves us into a terrain where the moral scale is unabashedly different from the rest of the world’s.
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