laurierrose:

i feel like a lot of feminist porn apologists have in mind, like, cute sexy scenes where the closest thing to violence is somebody’s ass getting smacked and then they don’t even think about what else is out there. is 90s softcore what they’re talking about when they say that it’s not hurting anybody and you can just not watch it if you don’t like it? do they think we object to nudity?

remember that literally nightmarish anti-porn article a few months ago that had horrifying screenshots that looked like they were produced by BTK? i’m not exaggerating. it was as stomach-turning as abu ghraib.

so i wonder if pro-porn feminists would be so positive about the industry if they had to acknowledge all of it. i wonder if pro-porn feminists would be as adamant if they had to actually articulate, “‘crying brutal forced painal’ and ‘stepdad abusing tiny bound teen’ are empowering and not misogynistic at all!!” because that’s only the tip of the iceberg of why porn is bad. that’s barely even disturbing in comparison.

i wonder if you can really understand how much of porn is women being tortured and still say it’s a good thing.