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Women’s Waves – Episode 18

In this episode we discuss federal and provincial measures to combat some aspects of pornography, hear from UK based Lesbian feminist-activist Liane about the Cardiff’s Lesbian visibility march and listen to Tracy Chapman’s Song “Talkin bout a revolution”

May 28, 2024

Pornography Feminist Media Lesbianism

Bill S-210: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Committee on Public Safety and National Security, House of Commons

By Laurel McBride

March 4, 2024

Opinion: There is nothing ethical about profiting from sexual exploitation

"Most commonly, their male partner films their consensual sexual encounter, sometimes surreptitiously. He then posts (or threatens to post) it online to platforms such as PornHub, to coerce the woman into staying in the relationship or conversely, to punish her for leaving. Such a video being posted on the internet (and often remaining there permanently) can have a devastating impact on the lives, livelihoods and social relationships of the targeted women."

By Laurel McBride

April 11, 2023

Pornography Front Line

Women’s Waves – Episode 14 – Pornography Harms Women, Part 2

Interview with Izabella Forzani from the Brazilian group Recuse A Clicar, which stands for "Refuse to Click" in English. The group does public education around the impact of pornography on women and is calling for men and women to stop watching pornography.

October 14, 2021

Women’s Waves – Episode 13 – Pornography Harms Women, Part 1

Working on the frontlines has informed us on how women are impacted by pornography. Our collective member Sophia Hladik shares Vancouver Rape Relief's demands with regards to MindGeek, and revenge porn, before her interview with Meghan Donevan from the Sweden based organization Talita, who supports women exiting the porn industry.

October 13, 2021

Pornography Front Line

Opinion: Canadian company that owns Pornhub must be held accountable

In recent years we have talked to a growing number of women who have been blackmailed and threatened by their former male partners that they will distribute intimate photographs and videos unless she agrees to have sex with him again or resume their relationship. Women in our transition house tell us that the abusive husbands whom they are fleeing have profited off pornographic videos of them for years and continue to do so.

By Sophia Hladik

September 25, 2021

Pornography Front Line

Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics recommendations on online platforms such as Pornhub

Vancouver Rape Relief provided a brief to the committee and is please with some of the recommendations made by the ETHI Committee

June 18, 2021

Pornography Harms Women

Vancouver Rape Relief’s Submission to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics - House of Commons

By Sophia Hladik

February 17, 2021

Front Line Pornography

Reflection on the Conversation: The Impact of Pornography on Women

In today’s world, in the pornographer’s empire, women as an oppressed class are left to choose from: being a prude, which is equated with refusing pornography OR being a “sexually liberated” woman who owns her sexuality by accepting the imagined, misogynistic portrayal of the female sexuality (if you could even call it that).

By Da Hye Son

December 31, 2020

The Impact of Pornography on Women

With Radical Girlsss, the Movement of Young Women of the European Network of Migrant Women.

November 30, 2020

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