In this interview, I talked to Miss Matthews, a dominatrix and porn maker, about her (almost) 25 years in the sex industry, which began after she dropped out of Oxford University aged 19. Does she regret anything? And that eternal question: how would you feel if your daughter wanted to do this? This audio version is initially for patrons only. The video will be published later on my YouTube channel.
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For a long time, I’ve predicted that the “porn panic” was leading to mass website blocking. Recently, this very measure was introduced to the draft Digital Economy Bill. Britain is set to be the world’s first democracy with a powerful Internet censor. So I went to BBFC HQ in Soho Square to rant about it. This is the audio version – the video is on our YouTube channel.
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This podcast contains an interview of Jerry Barnett of the Sex & Censorship campaign, by KMO of C-Realm radio in Vermont. The discussion looks at the history of porn, anti-sex feminism, illiberal liberals, “cultural appropriation”, censorship and the new fascism. It was conducted two days before the US presidential election.
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This porn debate took place on 16th September 2016 during freshers’ week at Exeter University. It features Jerry Barnett (me) and the pornstar Karina Currie vs Heather Brunskell-Evans and Jane Fae. It begins with a five-minute speech by each of us; I’m last of the four. The floor is then opened to debate. To save you fast-forwarding to the end: we won by a landslide.
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In this episode, the interview tables are turned: I’m interviewed about my book Porn Panic! by publisher Douglas Lain of Zero Books. This was a wide-ranging and enjoyable interview about the book and the political ideas surrounding it.
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Here is a collection of interviews I carried out with British pornstars in 2012. Features: Renee Richards, Syren Sexton, Angel Long, Yazmin X, Satine Spark, Katie K and Busty Cookie.
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For this week’s episode, I interviewed Vikki Dark, an author and academic as well as ex-pornstar and escort. Vikki has a negative view of the sex industries, and we had a wide-ranging discussion about porn, prostitution, slut-shaming and prejudice in academia. With thanks again to Red Roxy Studios for their support.
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There’s no interview this week. Instead, our response to a government consultation on “protecting children”, which is, we believe, an attempt to push more power to Ofcom to be able to censor online content. The consultation closes on 12th April.
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Edie Lamort is a stripper and political activist. When anti-sex groups began organising in east London to close down strip clubs, she and other dancers joined unions and organised to keep their workplaces open. This interview was recorded almost 5 years ago. Edie predicted that the strippers were just the first of many targets, so referred to herself as the canary in the coalmine. She is founder member of the East London Strippers Collective.
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This week’s podcast features an interview with Terry Stephens aka One Eyed Jack. Terry is a porn industry veteran, as well as being chairman of the UK Adult Producers Forum (UKAP) and a sexual freedom advocate. He’s also a film buff, and founder of the Naked Truth Film Club, which launches in London on Thursday 24th March with a viewing of the UnSlut Project. For tickets and information visit itsadult.com/unslutproject/