Red Light Exposé

Elly Arrow interviews feminist media critic & erotica author Clementine Lips about how our entertainment media promotes narratives conducive to sexual inequality, abuse, and exploitation. We discuss popular franchises such as Sex Education, Sex & The City, and how just maybe stories about sexual exploration could be told differently.

Links

• Clementine Lip’s website:https://clementinelips.com/ 

• Sex Education:https://www.netflix.com/title/80197526 

• Yentl:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yentl_(film) 

• Sex And The City:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_the_City 

• Elité:https://www.netflix.com/title/80200942 

• Ted Lasso:https://msmagazine.com/2023/06/05/ted-lasso-masculinity/ 

• Dietland:https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Dietland/0SLS4KBNNU1UCJJOYRP56Z06T5 

• Sex!fy:https://www.netflix.com/title/81140470 

• Anatomy of a Scandal:https://www.netflix.com/title/81152788 

• Fleabag:https://www.amazon.de/Fleabag-Staffel-1/dp/B0875Q1ZQ9 

• Fragments/Pieces of a Woman:https://www.netflix.com/title/81128745 

• “Neoliberalismo sexual” by Ana de Miguel:https://archive.org/details/ana-de-miguel-neoliberalismo-sexual 

• “La revuelta de las putas” by Amelia Tiganus:https://www.amazon.com/revuelta-las-putas-Amelia-Tiganus/dp/8466668853 

• “¿Practicas buen sexo?” by Iris Borda:https://irisborda.com/libros/practicas-buen-sexo/ 

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Sybil Jo and Elly Arrow discuss the various forms of female homelessness, the tactics that men use to predate on women in the context of the housing market, the consequent global “sex-for-rent” crisis, and the case study of Neil Gaiman exploiting women who depended on him for shelter.

Links

Predatory Behaviour in the Private Rental Sector - UK Study by Generation Rent: https://www.generationrent.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Predatory-behaviour-in-the-Private-Rental-Sector-October-2022-1.pdf

“Sex for Rent” Study by the Irish Women’s Council & European Women’s Lobby: https://www.nwci.ie/images/uploads/NWC_Sex_For_Rent_Research.pdf 

Extent and Structure of Homelessness in Germany: https://www.bmwsb.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/Webs/BMWSB/DE/veroeffentlichungen/pm-kurzmeldung/wohnungslosenbericht-2022.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3 

Berlin landlords predating on female tenants: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/serie-wohnwahnsinn-berlin-wohnung-gegen-sex-wie-vermieter-versuchen-frauen-auf-wohnungssuche-auszunutzen-li.284422 

Tortoise Media’s podcast series on Neil Gaiman: https://t.co/rORw6zii8Z 

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Michelle Abel and Elly Arrow interview forced marriage & religious abuse survivor Yasmine Mohammed who fights on behalf of women, girls, gay people & non-believers trying to survive and escape Islam. We go over Islamic sexual morality and the ways it can be used to justify sexual abuse and exploitation in particular.

Links

• Yasmine Mohammed’s website: https://www.yasminemohammed.com/ 

• Yasmine Mohammed’s book “Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims”: https://www.yasminemohammed.com/unveiled 

• Free Hearts, Free Minds: https://www.freeheartsfreeminds.com/ 

• The Yasmine Mohammed’s Podcast: https://www.yasminemohammed.com/podcast

• Hamas Oct 7 attack weaponizing sexual violence against Israeli women and girls: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html 

• Hur-a Layin (female sex slaves of Islamic paradise): https://islamqa.info/en/answers/60188/description-of-al-hoor-al-iyn-in-the-quran-and-sunnah 

• Bachabazi (organized sexual exploitation of boys): https://www.refworld.org/reference/countryrep/aihrc/2014/en/108586 

• Taharrush (mass sexual assault): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_sexual_assault_in_Egypt 

• Muslim grooming gangs in the UK: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/2/23/the-uks-grooming-gangs-and-the-lessons-never-learned 

• Cousin marriage under Islam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_in_the_Middle_East 

• Wedding night virginity testing under Islam: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376099968_The_historic_tradition_of_wedding_night-virginity_test_among_Sri_Lankan_muslim_women 

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Merly Åsbogård and Elly Arrow interview poet and filmmaker Chaucer Cameron about her pivotal work “In an Ideal World, I’d Not Be Murdered” which blends memoir and fiction to give insight into the lives of women in 1980s London prostitution. We discuss the tools poetry provides to navigate and communicate traumatic memories, as well as how to translate or enhance these effects on screen.

Links

• Chaucer Cameron’s website: https://chaucercameron.com/

• “In an Ideal World, I’d Not Be Murdered”: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ideal-World-Id-Not-Murdered/dp/1916344747 

• Chaucer Cameron’s poetry films: https://chaucercameron.com/poetry/ 

• Chaucer Cameron’s performances & talks: https://chaucercameron.com/performances-and-talks/ 

• Chaucer Cameron’s social media:

• Twitter: https://x.com/ChaucerCameron 

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chaucercameron/ 

• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@chaucercameron 

• Helen Dewbery: https://www.instagram.com/helendewbery 

• Poetry Film Live: https://www.poetryfilmlive.com/  

• Gwyneth Lewis’ autobiography “Nightshade Mother: A Disentangling”: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Nightshade-Mother-Disentangling-Gwyneth-Lewis/dp/1915279909⁠

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Roxie Roots and Elly Arrow discuss growing up in Germany on the cusp of the internet age and how family and peer attitudes as well as magazines, TV, and the visible presence of mega brothels shaped their perception of womanhood, sexuality, and the sex industry.

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Merly Åsbogård, Sybil Jo, and Elly Arrow discuss how society lays the groundwork for sexual exploitation by bolstering narratives that excuse perpetrators and blame victims, a medical system that is often cruel to trauma victims and mothers, a ruthless class system that is uninterested in ending poverty and finally, deep harm denial around the sex trade.

Links

• Obstetric violence in historical perspective: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01022-4/abstract 

• “Give Birth Like A Feminist” by Milli Hill: https://www.amazon.de/Give-Birth-Like-Feminist-Milli/dp/0008313105 

• “Invisible Women” by Caroline Criado Perez: https://carolinecriadoperez.com/book/invisible-women/ 

• “Sado-Ritual Society” theorized in “Gyn/ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism” by Mary Daly: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FIwZvpPD_lbHPZdFsdvuBs2QqBDET9zJ 

• “Why Women Are Blamed For Everything: Exploring the Victim Blaming of Women Subjected to Violence and Trauma” by Dr. Jess Taylor https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Why-Women-Are-Blamed-Everything/dp/0244498342 

• “Sexy But Psycho: How the Patriarchy Uses Women’s Trauma Against Them” by Dr. Jess Taylor https://www.amazon.de/Sexy-But-Psycho-Patriarchy-Against/dp/1472135512 

• “Dr. Jessica Taylor Talks About Stuff” by Dr. Jess Taylor https://open.spotify.com/show/25t5CcOZuVUbLoabUB7nKq 

• “The Wandering Womb Podcast” by Dr. Jess Taylor & Jaime Shrive https://open.spotify.com/show/2iCwBa9uVW89VauUAQUUvZ 

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Andrea Heinz and Mia Döring share their experiences speaking up publicly after being exploited in prostitution, what drives women to raise their voices despite fear of backlash, the weighing of that decision and its potential impact on the self and loved ones, and advice for those considering doing the same.

Links

• Mia’s Twitter: https://x.com/MiaChristina_ 

• Mia’s book “Any Girl”: https://www.miadoring.com/any-girl 

• Mia’s TED Talk: https://t.co/iacBihIMyX

• Andrea’s Twitter: https://x.com/heinzsight2020 

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Host Elly Arrow speaks to Victoria Gugenheim, a world award-winning body painter, feminist, and women’s rights activist, about her work focused on healing after sexual trauma, fighting purity & porn culture, desexualizing the female body, ending the policing of survivor activists’ appearances and cultivating joy within the movement so that dealing with heavy subjects doesn’t lead to burnout.

Links

• Victoria Gugenheim’s Website and socials:

• gugenheim.co.uk 

• thatvictoriag.substack.com

• instagram.com/victoriagugenheim

• x.com/quirkathon

• facebook.com/GugenheimGlobal 

• Women Create:  womencreate.co.uk 

• Painted Powerful: paintedpowerful.substack.com 

• Article in the Radical Notion: theradicalnotion.org/the-body-as-boundary-painted-powerful 

• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the “flow state”: cgu.edu/people/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi

• TED talk about the "flow state": youtu.be/fXIeFJCqsPs?feature=shared

• Maryam Namazie: maryamnamazie.com 

• Body Riot - Protest Against Mandatory Hijab: imago-images.com/search?suchtext=Topless+woman+activists+protest+Iranian+regime+in&imagepage=on&db=stock

• Note: Despite being successful on social media, this was censored on both YouTube and X. facebook.com/share/p/T9vArH9ye5vET6bb/?mibextid=qi2Omg

• Matriarchal/Matrilineal tribes who wear makeup:

• Asante people of Ghana: mmstudies.com/matriarchies/akan 

• Mosuo women in makeup: images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6b5514fb18201758b96c7f/1602524611344-H2A0ZK37VJHYNEVA4I8Y/DSCF2858.jpg 

• Historic examples of freer body culture for women:

• Minoans of Crete: jstor.org/stable/jj.15136008?searchText=&searchUri=&ab_segments=&refreqid=&searchKey=

• Minoan women in high positions of power, topless snake goddesses, topless women in Fresco Art: blog.thesyntopiahotel.gr/minoan-crete-the-women-rulers

• On Bare Breasts in Ancient Greece - private parts and patriarchy: rogueclassicism.com/2012/09/20/on-bare-breasts-in-ancient-greece

• Talk: Matriarchies as Egalitarian societies: youtu.be/_rHijP0C7WI?si=QEZXKwAgWDP-LDht 

• Free The Nipple: campaignsoftheworld.com/outdoor/free-the-nipple

• Our episode on spy cam porn: “Korean Women Fighting Porn Culture”

• FiLia: www.filia.org.uk

• Andrea Dworkin “Pornography: Men Possessing Women”: archive.org/details/PornographyMenPossessingWomenAndreaDworkinPdf 

• Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain: ex-muslim.org.uk 

• One Law For All: onelawforall.org

• Trashing, the dark side of sisterhood: jofreeman.com/joreen/trashing.htm

• The Tyranny of Structurelessness: jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm

• Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy: psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-01368-000 

• Dancing in the Streets Book: amazon.com/Dancing-Streets-History-Collective-Joy/dp/0805057242 

• Kofra Women’s Center, Munich: kofra.de/layout/index.htm

• Vulva/Vagina Folklore: youtu.be/mYMWd467YT8?si=mZWL_GfpV-bFtW1x 

• How Sadness Survived - The History of Depression: www.amazon.com/How-Sadness-Survived-Evolutionary-Depression/dp/1846190134 

• Claudia Clare: claudiaclare.co.uk

• The Thin Black Line: lubainahimid.com/portfolio/the-thin-black-line

• Jennifer Packer: serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/jennifer-packer

• Orange is The New Black: netflix.com/de/title/70242311 

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Hosts Andrea Heinz, Elly Arrow, and Michelle Abel return for a continued (part 2) conversation on language. In this episode, they cover colloquial terms for men who exploit women in prostitution, including “john,” “client,” “sex buyer,” and more...

Links

To listen to Pt. 1 look for “Words Matter: Language and the Sex Industry”

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This episode contains discussions of mental health, suicide and violence that may be disturbing to some listeners.

Our host Sabrinna speaks to Angela and Dottie about surviving prostitution in New Zealand, the factors that lead women into the trade, the coping strategies they develop, and the scars they live with after exiting. Their 3 experiences cover the period before, during, and after the transition from prohibition to so-called “full decriminalization” laws, often touted as creating a reasonably safe and humane sex industry but really doing anything but.

Further Reading:

Germany + New Zealand - A Comparison in Prostitution Laws

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