The Politics of Sex Censorship – Ep 151 American Sex Podcast
If you think the latest round of internet censorship doesn’t affect you, think again. Social media TOS changes, Visa/MasterCard halting services on Pornhub, and Section 230 being wrapped up in our COVID relief bills affect not only sex censorship but everyone who uses the internet. What happens when sexual assault survivors can’t easily search for resources because the word “sex” is no longer permitted on social media? How do LGBTQ+ youth with no one to turn to find support when activists & educators are being silenced? How do we create change if we’re not allowed to organize social movements on social media? Why is the US government attacking legal sex work sites like Only Fans–the one income source so many marginalized people have turned to during the pandemic? On ep 151 of American Sex Podcast, you’ll learn how all these issues are interrelated and have unsuspecting dark origins.
Sunny Megatron Bio
Sunny Megatron is an award-winning sexuality educator and media personality. She’s the host and executive producer of the Showtime original television series, SEX with Sunny Megatron, plus co-hosts American Sex Podcast and Open Deeply Podcast.
Voted XBIZ 2021 Sexpert of the Year, Kinkly’s Sex Blogging Superhero of 2017, and named one of the 6 most savvy sexologists in North America, Sunny has been featured in Cosmo, Playboy, Buzzfeed, CNN, and more. She is also a contributing editor of XBIZ Premiere Magazine and a regular columnist for Sexual Health Magazine.
In her sell-out sex and kink workshops, Sunny’s unique brand of “edutainment” seamlessly combines her humorous lecturing style, interactive exercises, and the latest sexuality research. Sunny’s passion is helping people become their authentic, sexual selves by learning to overcome shame and shed inhibitions. As a lifestyle BDSM enthusiast, much of her work centers around normalizing alternative sexual practices and ending sexual stigma.
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Episode 151 Links
- American Sex Podcast Ep 148 https://sunnymegatron.com/sex-censorship-internet/
- American Sex Podcast Ep 36 https://sunnymegatron.com/kitty-stryker-sesta-fosta-consent-juggalos/
- Book – Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism https://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Oppression-Search-Engines-Reinforce/dp/1479837245/ref=sr_1_1
- Book – Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code https://www.amazon.com/Race-After-Technology-Abolitionist-Tools/dp/1509526404/ref=sr_1_1
- FSC – Free Speech Coalition (needs your donations!) https://www.freespeechcoalition.com/
- EEF – Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org/
- Woodhull Freedom Foundation https://www.woodhullfoundation.org/
- Twitter thread about SISEA https://twitter.com/acvalens/status/1340347550117883907
- Twitter thread about SISEA being reintroduced https://twitter.com/AshleyLatke/status/1347969963135537152
- NYT article “The Children of Porn Hub” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opinion/sunday/pornhub-rape-trafficking.html
- The Family on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80063867
- Vox – How the Capitol riot revived calls to reform Section 230 https://www.vox.com/recode/22221135/capitol-riot-section-230-twitter-hawley-democrats
- Inside Exodus Cry: The Shady Evangelical Group With Trump Ties Waging War on Pornhub https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-exodus-cry-the-shady-evangelical-group-with-trump-ties-waging-war-on-pornhub
- Wayfair & Human Trafficking Statistics – You’re Wrong About Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xgMoffYsLBicu1CnMqqiq?si=TOD_D0srRvOrqT5Vbjw4tw
- Made in Missouri: Senator Hawley’s Quest to Revive Obscenity Prosecutions https://www.xbiz.com/news/256564/made-in-missouri-senator-hawleys-quest-to-revive-obscenity-prosecutions
- The New War on Porn: How Moral Crusaders, Mainstream Media and Politicians Are Gunning for XXX https://www.xbiz.com/news/256588/the-new-war-on-porn-how-moral-crusaders-mainstream-media-and-politicians-are-gunning-for-xxx
- New Congress Cleans Slate for Bills Targeting Free Speech, Sex Workers https://www.xbiz.com/news/256616/new-congress-cleans-slate-for-bills-targeting-free-speech-sex-workers
- Senators Propose Far-Reaching New Adult Industry Regulations https://www.xbiz.com/news/256391/senators-propose-far-reaching-new-adult-industry-regulations
- SISEA is “Unworkable” – Not to Mention Likely Unconstitutional https://www.ynot.com/sisea-unworkable-unconstitutional/
- There May Be Casualties, But the War on Porn Will Fail https://www.ynot.com/war-on-porn-will-fail/
- American Women Lost More Than 5 Million Jobs In 2020 https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2021/01/12/american-women-lost-more-than-5-million-jobs-in-2020/?sh=2ed73d212857
- The US economy lost 140,000 jobs in December. All of them were held by women https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/economy/women-job-losses-pandemic/index.html
- Jobless, Selling Nudes Online and Still Struggling https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/business/onlyfans-pandemic-users.html?smid=tw-share
- QAnon’s Creator Made the Ultimate Conspiracy Theory https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/06/qanon-creator-ultimate-conspiracy-theory-q/
- A QAnon ‘Digital Soldier’ Marches On, Undeterred by Theory’s Unraveling https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/qanon-meme-queen.html
- Ken’s gaming Twitter handle http://twitter.com/thunderpantsdm
- XBIZ Industry Forum https://www.xbiz.net/index.php?c=home.updates&referrer_id=1410259
- American Sex Podcast Discord Community http://bit.ly/discordasp
- American Sex Podcast subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/americansexpodcast
- American Sex Podcast Patreon http://patreon.com/americansex
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