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…]
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…]
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…]