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In Harm's Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings by Catharine A. MacKinnon, Andrea Dworkin
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5.0
I love love love anything and everything MacKinnon and Dworkin do, and reading the hearings of their much-contested ordinance was an incredible and enlightening experience of not only how many supporters there were, but would-be supporters if only they could just get their heads out of their you-know-whats (sorry, booksellers, I love you all, but selling a romance novel is not within the definition of pornography that these two present, so just like.....stop lol). It was even moreso interesting to see where the resistors to this ordinance stood and why.
Filled with the hearings, letters from those who could not be present, appendices, and more, this book, in my humble opinion, is one of the best books discussing pornography: what it is, what constitutes it, who it happens to, why it is harmful on a personal and community level, and how we might begin to punish those who force others to partake in it.
Definitely worth the read, and well worth your time as a feminist activist!
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Filled with the hearings, letters from those who could not be present, appendices, and more, this book, in my humble opinion, is one of the best books discussing pornography: what it is, what constitutes it, who it happens to, why it is harmful on a personal and community level, and how we might begin to punish those who force others to partake in it.
Definitely worth the read, and well worth your time as a feminist activist!
Review cross-listed here!
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