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Pornography

internet Dec. 3, 2018

Sex Was the Best Part About TumblrWhy softcore porn was the best part of the platform.

By Amanda Arnold
crime Oct. 17, 2018

Man Who Posed As Porn Scout to Trick Women Into Sex Faces No Major ConsequencesThe fraud even admitted what he did on tape, but police argue the sex was technically consensual.

By Amanda Arnold
crime Sept. 6, 2018

Las Vegas Man Extorted Sexually Explicit Images From 500 Girls, Prosecutors SayThis crime is a classic example of “sextortion.”

By Amanda Arnold
politics Jan. 31, 2017

Anthony Weiner Could Reportedly Face Child-Pornography ChargesFederal prosecutors are still discussing the charges with Weiner’s attorneys.

By Claire Landsbaum
pornography Aug. 23, 2016

Explaining the Latest Skirmish in the Porn WarsBeware of simple x-causes-y stories.

By Jesse Singal
moral panics May 24, 2016

What Is Utah’s Anti-Porn Craze Really About?One scholar doesn’t think it has much to do with actual public-health concerns.

By Jesse Singal
Apr. 15, 2016

The Origins of Utah’s Fake ‘Public-Health Crisis’ Over PornA textbook example of what happens when science gets politicized.

By Jesse Singal
sex lives July 1, 2014

The Porn Flâneur: What Baudelaire and LubeTube Have in CommonFor the viewer, the internet is a garden of carnal delight—and carnal anthropology.

By Maureen O'Connor
June 30, 2014

Narcissists Watch More Internet PornAnd the more XXX-rated content people watched, the more narcissistic they tended to be.

By Melissa Dahl
interview Sept. 5, 2013

Q&A: The Man Making Gay Porn for CharityMike Kulich is America’s first nonprofit pornographer.

By Maureen O'Connor
true stories Aug. 29, 2013

The Crusading Sisterhood of Revenge-Porn VictimsRevenge porn is illegal in one state. Why not the other 49?

By Maureen O'Connor
gifting Aug. 20, 2013

Celebrity Amazon Wish Lists: Inevitable?Farrah Abraham seeks sexy maid costume, baby toys.

By Maureen O'Connor
weinergate forever July 25, 2013

Sexting Is the New Porn; Weiner Just Wanted to Be a Porn StarWho needs a phone-sex hotline when your followers are horny?

By Maureen O'Connor
smut studies Apr. 9, 2013

The Death of the Celebrity Sex Tape How Kim Kardashian’s co-star became a relic.

By Maureen O'Connor
huge mistakes Mar. 5, 2013

What Should You Do If You Accidentally Send Porn to Your Dad?Actress Anna Friel did it.

By Maureen O'Connor
here she comes Feb. 26, 2013

The Teen Beauty Queen and the Barely Legal PornoWhy Miss Delaware Teen USA shouldn’t surprise us.

By Maureen O'Connor
let’s talk about… Oct. 1, 2012

What Porn Means to Us: 20 Couples Open UpFrom tentacles to Baywatch: How we fear, love, share, hide, and imitate porn.

By Meaghan Winter
nonsense Jan. 5, 2009

Vermont Upset About Burton’s Porn BoardsNaked women show up on snowboards. Offensive or not?

By Sharon Clott
campaign trail Nov. 12, 2008

Jeff Burton Shoots Porn Stars for the New Kris Van Assche CampaignWho needs models?

By Sharon Clott
rebels with a cause Oct. 22, 2008

Ben Westwood Stages Protest With Fetish ModelsVivienne Westwood’s son was protesting a bill that will outlaw extreme pornography on January 1.

By Lauren Murrow