Seven ill-advised books for your Valentine
On Thursday, many loving couples will be saying Happy Valentine's Day! Some will be giving flowers or chocolates or spa visits or home-cooked meals or meals out at fancy restaurants -- all in the spirit of love. And there is probably someone -- maybe just one person -- who will find an academic, feminist take on pornography truly titillating. But in case you're making a swift visit to a bookstore for a last-minute gift, beware: The following books are not recommended as gifts for Valentine's Day.
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'The Feminist Porn Book'( The Feminist Press )
From the introduction: " 'The Feminist Porn Book' is the first collection to bring together writings by feminist porn producers and feminist porn scholars to engage, challenge, and re-imagine pornography.... By putting our voices into conversation, this book sparks new thinking about the richness and complexity of porn as a genre and an industry in a way that helps us to appreciate the work that feminists in the porn industry are doing...."
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