What does pornography reveal about the world we are a part of? Even though PornHub has been found to have hosted images of trafficking victims, abused missing children, gang rape and torture, society is unwilling to recognise, let alone confront, the harms caused by porn, writes JO BARTOSCH
Friday 27th Sep 2019 How a sadistic industry is being sanitised A number of councils have produced suspect sex and relationships guidance aimed at children and young people, which fails to draw attention to the widespread harms of pornography. JO BARTOSCH reports
Thursday 27th Jun 2019 ‘Those involved in progressive politics need to commit to ensuring women’s voices are heard’ HELEN STEEL talks to Jo Bartosch about the violence and threats she’s received from supposed leftwingers for attempting to discuss the issues of sex and gender
Sunday 28th Apr 2019 The New Zealand women challenging the neoliberal narrative of ‘empowerment’ in prostitution JO BARTOSCH talks to two activists who are facing a major battle in taking on the sex industry – against the grain of both their government and mainstream opposition movements
Friday 08th Mar 2019 International Women's Day The South Korean feminists rejecting the limp ‘brand’ of liberal feminism Jo Bartosch speaks to NAYOUNG KIM about how South Korean women have lit a fire of feminist activism by rejecting the confining ‘corset’ of sex role stereotypes
Monday 11th Jun 2018 Peter Stringfellow’s version of ‘choice’ feminism is a gross perversion of feminist theory LIKE his seedy contemporary Hugh Hefner, the late Peter Stringfellow apparently considered himself a feminist.
Saturday 19th May 2018 Who needs marriage anyway? Like the royal family, wedding ceremonies reflect backward and patriarchal power dynamics that should be consigned to history, writes JO BARTOSCH
Thursday 08th Mar 2018 Taking a stand and calling out sexism is just too risky for most women – and employers know this Workplace misogyny and belittling of women is rife, but liberal notions of ‘leaning in’ do little to help, says JO BARTOSCH
Thursday 14th Dec 2017 Women’s concerns should not be minimised Many feminists and political activists feel they are being shut down for attempting to discuss gender issues, writes JO BARTOSCH
Thursday 14th Dec 2017 Sex Porn is propaganda in the war on women JO BARTOSCH argues that, far from fantasy, pornography has a serious effect on mens treatment of women