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First Pot, Now Porn. Can Bitcoin Save the Adult Industry?

April 28, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz

Oversexed and underbanked? Chase Bank recently informed hundreds of porn performers that the bank will close their accounts by mid-May. Apparently Chase has a history of discriminating against sex workers and the adult industry. When banks pulled the same thing on Washington and Colorado’s state-legal marijuana dispensaries, they quickly moved to bitcoin. Banks claimed to be concerned that though the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bitcoin Tagged: Bitcoin, Porn

Screw the Feminists Who Are Trying to Ban Porn

May 30, 2013 by cathyreisenwitz 2 Comments

UK feminist groups Feminista and Object have begun a campaign to force retailers to stop selling magazines with images of naked and semi-naked women, using the Equality Act of 2010. This is bad news for sex-positive, individualist feminists for two reasons. First, it’s extremely off-putting from an outreach perspective. Second, it actually endangers individual liberty. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: feminism, Porn, sex-negative

Yahoo Bought Tumblr: What Will Happen to the Porn?

May 22, 2013 by cathyreisenwitz 3 Comments

Based on my experience with Tumblr, Andrea Ayres-Deets hit the nail on the head: “Tumblr is about four things: animal pics, GIFS, LOLs, and amateur porn.” So what will Yahoo’s recent $1.1 billion acquisition of the microblogging platform mean for all those naughty gifs? A recent Tweet gives a foreboding hint: But why would Yahoo … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Porn, Social Media

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