Wonderful piece from earlier this April on Andrea Dworkin's poignant predictions on pornography. Thank you for the mention, Louise Perry!
Online porn is accessible, addictive, warps kids' ideas about sex, writes Isabel Hogben.
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Isabel Hogben My pleasure, Isabel, thank you for noticing
Enjoy that prize as well as the shining future that lies before you
Isabel Hogben
Keep writing. I want my granddaughters to read your words. It gives me hope for the future.
“For the nation’s youth, their smartphones can and too often do function as a hand-held version of Times Square, circa 1975 — but without any age limits.” David French via New York Times Opinion nytimes.com/2023/09/03/opi… Isabel Hogben Rep. Laurie Schlegel
Beatrice Scudeler Jennifer Banks Mary Harrington Matt Walsh The Free Press Isabel Hogben The Washington Post Kate Woodsome Louise Perry Great piece from Freya India: 'life has always been traumatic and scary and unpredictable, but what makes all that far easier is having a stable family to fall back on. And that’s what more and more girls are growing up without.'
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Beatrice Scudeler Jennifer Banks Mary Harrington Matt Walsh At The Free Press, Isabel Hogben writes: 'Today I’m 16, and my peers are suffering from an addiction to what many call “the new drug.” Porn is the disastrous replacement for intimacy among my sexless, anxiety-ridden generation.' thefp.com/p/why-are-our-…
Fairer Disputations Beatrice Scudeler Jennifer Banks Mary Harrington Matt Walsh The Free Press Isabel Hogben The Washington Post Kate Woodsome Louise Perry Freya India a mother is a thing of permanence. Whether single or not.
Beatrice Scudeler Jennifer Banks Mary Harrington Matt Walsh The Free Press Isabel Hogben At The Washington Post, Kate Woodsome on maternal mental health: 'So, helping new moms is in some ways selfish. A mother’s well-being can influence her baby’s. In time, as that infant grows into a colleague or a neighbor, their well-being can influence yours.' washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…