All posts by Naira Ruiz

I write about gender equality, race and tabloid culture.
Sexuality

Are critics of rape porn guilty of kinkshaming?

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With his all-American good looks and clean-cut image, Adult film star James Deen has been hailed as the “boy next door” of porn, but in the in the wake of rape allegations, people are now questioning the rape fantasy content in his films. In an article for The Daily Beast, former adult film star Aurora Snow, talks about how the definition of rape can become “muddled” in an industry where violent sex is the norm.  “When your job regularly consists of roughing a woman up, ignoring her pleas, and choking her out, do you start to bring some of that behavior home with you?” she asks.

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Gender

Transmisogyny In The Name Of Feminism

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There are several reasons why someone might side-eye Caitlyn Jenner. For one thing, she and the whole Kardashian /Jenner clan are overexposed. She also has a shaky history when it comes to supporting gay marriage. Then there’s the matter of her being celebrated and often called “courageous” for her decision to live as a transgender woman, despite the fact that her fame, wealth and race make her experience far from typical than the experience of most transgender people.

But it seems that even for Jenner, privilege has limits and like so many other transgender women, she too has to deal with people claiming she isn’t a real woman.

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