Here’s a link to a really interesting Strange Fruit radio interview on a “Black, Queer, Feminist View of Porn” at WFPL in Louisville:

“Pornography has long been a divisive topic among feminists. From Second Wavers who ended up in unlikely anti-porn alliances with conservatives in the 1980s to today’s Third Wave feminists who call themselves sex- (and porn-) positive. But no matter whether you feel that porn is de facto exploitation, a liberating sexual tool, or somewhere in between, there’s no denying that lots of porn is misogynistic, racist, classist, able-ist, and just about any other -ist you could name. 

Earlier this month, the New York Times hosted an essay debate called, “Should Porn Come Out of the Closet?” One of the respondents was Dr. Mireille Miller-Young, an associate professor of Women’s Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara who’s been researching the porn industry for a decade. She writes that performing in adult movies can be empowering to the women on screen, and that the typical argument against porn “ignores the diverse ways that women actually interact with it.” We wanted to hear more about her work—and how her identity as an African-American, queer feminist shaped her opinion and research—so we speak with Dr. Miller-Young on this week’s show…”

Listen to the interview here.