The Rumpus.net » the advocate http://therumpus.net Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex, Other Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 On Persecuting Porn Performers http://therumpus.net/2011/12/on-persecuting-porn-performers/ http://therumpus.net/2011/12/on-persecuting-porn-performers/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:10:36 +0000 Lisa Dusenbery http://therumpus.net/?p=93090 “We don’t know why porn stars should not teach children, why it’s OK to watch porn but not be in it, why we should have to hide our involvement in pornography, or why we should be ashamed of it. These arguments apply, in differing degrees, to sex itself.”

At The Advocate, Conner Habib reflects on the “outing” of teacher Kevin Hogan as a former gay porn performer, articulates the cloudy nature of public conversations about porn in our society, and argues that Hogan’s potential firing should be a “shared responsibility.”

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At The Advocate, Conner Habib reflects on the “outing” of teacher Kevin Hogan as a former gay porn performer, articulates the cloudy nature of public conversations about porn in our society, and argues that Hogan’s potential firing should be a “shared responsibility.”

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