Sunday Sex Reads: Best of the Week

Incredible exposé by a former anti-trafficker. “So why do we have an entire movement dedicated to “helping” a group of people the movement isn’t even talking to? Why do anti-trafficking conferences often lack any speakers who disagree with the Evangelical or left-wing feminist position on the sex industry? Why are the voices of those in the sex industry silenced, ignored, and totally discounted?”
* Why The Anti-Trafficking Movement Ignores The Voices Of Sex Workers (Patheos)

Also a must-read. Warning for survivors of sexual assault, abuse, and trauma. “On Thursday, [rapist caught in the act, Brock Allen Turner] was sentenced to six months in county jail and probation. The judge said he feared a longer sentence would have a “severe impact” on Turner, a champion swimmer who once aspired to compete in the Olympics — a point repeatedly brought up during the trial. [On his sentencing day] Turner’s victim addressed him directly, detailing the severe impact his actions had on her — from the night she learned she had been assaulted by a stranger while unconscious, to the grueling trial during which Turner’s attorneys argued that she had eagerly consented.”
* Here’s The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read To Her Attacker (Buzzfeed)

“There’s nothing sexy about a panic attack. They manifest differently for different people, but in general a panic attack can feel like drowning without air, like a million tiny needles entering the brain, like waves of heat and freezing cold on the skin … Most people don’t think of sex, beauty, or graceful dancing when they imagine a panic attack. But a new film in production could change that.”
* How a porn director and a disabled activist are making panic attacks sexy (Daily Dot)

“In a world that makes money from exploring female sexuality in a harmful way, movies like Lust’s (and the many, many more feminist porn-makers out there) are necessary to represent sexual alternatives. It’s vital that young people are able to view alt erotica that suggests sex in a positive way, but doesn’t necessarily feature hardcore shagging. It’s paramount that we all continue to challenge the hypocrisy expressed by YouTube and the wider world here, because we need options in a world of censorship.”
* Why the internet still has a problem with feminist porn (Konbini)

“In what some are calling “whore hunt 2.0,” the home addresses of several German sex workers have allegedly been leaked in a customized Google Map. Sex work activists say the map, which was promoted by abolitionist groups in favor of eliminating the sex trade, potentially put sex workers at great risk.”
* Thousands Of Sex Workers’ Addresses Exposed In “Whore Hunt” (Voactiv)

Interviewed by Vice, cybersecurity and privacy professional Jessy Irwin said, “… if you’re a person and you’re sending nudes to anyone, you should be actively working to make sure those nudes — and any nudes you’ve gotten from anyone else — are secure. As part of their OpSec for sexting, some people refuse to send nudes that show their faces, but it’s important to remember that birthmarks, tattoos, piercings, and even objects around you in a photo can be used to identify you.”
* How to Protect Your Nude Selfies From Vengeful Ex-Boyfriends and Trolls (Broadly/Vice)

“A queer filmmaker named Eric has co-created the series Neurosex Pornoia as a way of examining such possibilities. [Future of Sex] spoke to him about his creative undertaking and how likely his intriguing portrayal of “neurosex” is of becoming a reality.”
* Neurosex: Sci-Fi Series Translates Sex Into Code Your Brain Can Download (Future of Sex)

“To help you out, the Daily Dot rounded up some of the best sites for written, audio, and visual erotica on the Web.”
* The 14 best sites for female erotica (Daily Dot)

I found this article slightly incomprehensible, but here it is. “From Cara Delevingne to Kristen Stewart, gender-fluid relationships, particularly among women, are on the rise. Have we reached a tipping point?”
* Sexuality today: how we embarked on a new age of freedom and tolerance (Guardian UK)

Main post image via Dangerous Minds.