NATIONAL PORN SUNDAY AND FEMINIST’S

I found a feminist website the other day talking about our little Blue Elephant and National Porn Sunday on October 7, 2007. Thought you might enjoy a few of the comments.

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I think it's a take on the "elephant in the living room"
The elephant in the room (also elephant in the living room, elephant in the corner, elephant on the dinner table, elephant in the kitchen, etc.) is an English idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored. It is based on the fact that an elephant in a small room would be impossible to overlook.
I found it a bit weird when I ran into it over the weekend, especially the article that talked about these guys showing up and setting up booths at porn shows, but I think it is something that should be addressed and if churches can take it on in a way that could possibly help, I say go for it.

a ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha *kicks feet against floor* ha ha ha ha ha *gasps for air* ha ha ha ha ha ha. *wipes tears away, giggles* tee hee hee hee hee *snorts* ha ha ha ha ha!
It should really be a giant RED elephant because studies have shown that Red Staters buy significantly more porn than Blue Staters (I guess the Blue Staters have more actual consensual sex?). Anyway, tee-hee. I do know that porn addiction is a real problem and can cause problems in people's marriages and can cause many porn addicted men to have very bad sexual etiquette (meaning, treating real live partners like the women in porn which I wouldn't be okay with), but that's a matter of degree and kind. Any addiction eventually spirals and the real world consequences of poor sexual etiquette can be quite alarming to partners. I'm not against all erotica, don't get me wrong, but I'm thinking that the Big Blue Elephant campaign isn't looking at the issue with nuance--porn bad, sex bad, blah--is probably their tag-line.
Peace & Orgasms

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So when will we be seeing the "stop people working at Starbucks" "church harms families" elephant?

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$50 to anyone who steals it.

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I have some issues with the mainstream porn industry, but not all porn is misogynistic or exploitative. And "porn addiction" is a myth spread by fundies trying to give a pseudoscientific legitimacy to church tradition.

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Is this PornSunday (TM) thing going to be an annual event? My daughter is due on October 7th. This could make for some really awkward birthday parties.
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I do think more feminists should recognize that there are progressive women in porn, and that if the porn industry is to improve, these women deserve support from feminists outside of the industry. If we stay silent while the conservatives try to get their "porn is evil" position legislated, feminist sex workers will be stranded. So, yes, I would say this is connected to feminist issues.

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My experience with self-proclaimed pron addicts tends to be white evangelical males who want you to know how HARD their lives are, and that's why they need Jesus. It has nothing to do with the women involved; just stroke-guilt.

These are also the same guys, if married, who express great remorse that they kissed their wives BEFORE the wedding ceremony. If they're single, well, pron is obviously the reason. They experienced lust and God is punishing them.
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Um, as a feminist I don't really have a problem with this campaign. Porn IS a problem for many people, Christian and otherwise.
I like this blog, but I wish it took a broader approach (no pun intended) to women's issues. Feminism is about more than the right to sleep around. No offense meant, that's just how I feel.

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The National Porn Sunday Elephant?
This sounds like one of my stranger dreams. "I dreamed that a Christian organization was trying to stop pornography by carrying a giant inflatable blue elephant from town to town."
I'm going to be giggling about this all day.

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J.R.

Johnny Driver wrote on July 8th 07 at 11:17AM

I'm gonna pummel you.

Kirsten Hopkins wrote on July 8th 07 at 03:07PM

What is National Porn Sunday... does that stand for something.. I dont really get it.. but I love you're t-shirts!!! there awesome!! and soo funny!
ttyl
-Kirsten

The Other Jeff wrote on July 8th 07 at 04:45PM

I like how x3 is always likened to fundy christians. The 'broad'er approach pun makes me smile.

West wrote on July 23rd 07 at 11:32PM

people don't get it

Aaron Eveland wrote on September 20th 08 at 04:35PM

I feel bad for you guys. You get attacked by the "fundies" and get attacked outside the church as being a fundie.

Keep up the good work.