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Porn Industry Takes A Beating (off - haha) This article confused me a bit, because it tries to posit the adult industry's recent economic troubles as the result of the recession while simultaneously pointing to all the free adult content now available online. I think the later is a lot more of an issue than the former, but there's no doubt that both circumstances are dovetailing in a way that's no good for those who make and sell DVDs.

Happy 74th Birthday, Japanese Porn Star! Here's wishing you another 200 films.

Republican Strip Club Fundraiser Totally In Keeping With Candidate's "Family Values" (Full story here) Man, those crazy kids of the GOP. Is there any opportunity for hypocrisy they won't seize? 

Iowa Strip Club Hullabaloo. Underage girl dances naked, club claims that it's an art space in order to avoid public indecency laws. 

Must-Read Article About Domestic Trafficking/Slavery: "the State Department has unwittingly facilitated the exploitation, abuse and enslavement of poor, vulnerable women, some in the shadows of the nation's capital." I know it's odd to say a news item like this makes me "happy", but it does—the coverage, of course, not the circumstances that are being reported. Please, please, please, let's work to lay to rest the destructive and dishonest public impression that trafficking begins and ends with sex work. 

$pread Shout-out, w00t! (Scoll all the way down for the article.)

Prostitutes On Screen 

This. Is. Amazing. Although not concerned with sex work, this performance piece is a remarkable commentary on women's rights, and the brilliant lady behind it works for HIPS, the organization that cosponsored $pread's Grind the Vote in DC, so, yeah…Sonya Renee, you're awesome. 

Dacia's Comprehensive List Of Feminist Porn 

And, finally, Cute, Wonderful British Ladies Visit Nevada Brothels. Their organization, Women's Institute, supports decriminalization of prostitution.