Sascha
@saschaec.bsky.social
The Baffler, The Drift, The New Inquiry, etc
www.saschacohen.com
www.saschacohen.com
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You should read this article by Sascha Cohen for @gqmagazine.bsky.social not just because I’m quoted in it, but because it’s a great piece about the anti-porn backlash we’re currently in, and the perilous road ahead for the concept of free speech in America www.gq.com/story/suprem...
The Supreme Court Case That Could End Porn as We Know It
An anti-porn backlash is in full swing. The Supreme Court might supercharge it.
www.gq.com
May 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
You should read this article by Sascha Cohen for @gqmagazine.bsky.social not just because I’m quoted in it, but because it’s a great piece about the anti-porn backlash we’re currently in, and the perilous road ahead for the concept of free speech in America www.gq.com/story/suprem...
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"The migration away from legitimate sites is already impacting performers. Some who saw their income plummet after age-verification laws took effect have turned to in-person sex work, which poses greater risks than porn because it remains criminalized almost everywhere in the US."
The Supreme Court Case That Could End Porn as We Know It
An anti-porn backlash is in full swing. The Supreme Court might supercharge it.
www.gq.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"The migration away from legitimate sites is already impacting performers. Some who saw their income plummet after age-verification laws took effect have turned to in-person sex work, which poses greater risks than porn because it remains criminalized almost everywhere in the US."
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When people like me say chatGPT is coming for our jobs, this is what we mean. I used to write almost exclusively book lists for a living. And guess what? I always wrote about actual, real books.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
When people like me say chatGPT is coming for our jobs, this is what we mean. I used to write almost exclusively book lists for a living. And guess what? I always wrote about actual, real books.
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a legitimately good thing Apple could do with AI right now would be to focus on encrypted and on-device features and pitch itself as the company that keeps your private bot conversations private
May 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
a legitimately good thing Apple could do with AI right now would be to focus on encrypted and on-device features and pitch itself as the company that keeps your private bot conversations private
Boston's "nightlife czar" should stop with the desperate little concerts and just bring back the mob, the only counterbalance to this city's sleepy puritanism
May 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Boston's "nightlife czar" should stop with the desperate little concerts and just bring back the mob, the only counterbalance to this city's sleepy puritanism
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Well, without an ankle monitor, what is to stop her from co-authoring another op-ed? 
NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk's attorney Mahsa Khanbabai confirms ICE improperly tried to make her wear an ankle monitor:
"Despite an 11th hour attempt to delay her freedom by trying to force her to wear an ankle monitor, Rümeysa is now free and is excited to return home, free of monitoring or restriction."
"Despite an 11th hour attempt to delay her freedom by trying to force her to wear an ankle monitor, Rümeysa is now free and is excited to return home, free of monitoring or restriction."
Here's Judge Sessions's written order for Rümeysa Öztürk's release.
We haven't yet seen confirmation that she's been released—I'll certainly update you as soon as it appears! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
We haven't yet seen confirmation that she's been released—I'll certainly update you as soon as it appears! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Well, without an ankle monitor, what is to stop her from co-authoring another op-ed? 
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Okay it’s true that any attack on porn is an attack on LGBTQ+ people and sex ed but also porn is good and should not be attacked.
May 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Okay it’s true that any attack on porn is an attack on LGBTQ+ people and sex ed but also porn is good and should not be attacked.
Oh, you want to bring America back to the 1950s? The decade with 45 percent income tax for top earners and 1/3 labor union density?
May 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oh, you want to bring America back to the 1950s? The decade with 45 percent income tax for top earners and 1/3 labor union density?
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New from me: I talk with the Jewish coalition that is forming to fight back against Trump's authoritarian attack on democratic rights, deportations, and repression of anti-war activists. @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social @ifnotnowmovement.org and others.
truthout.org/articles/jew...
truthout.org/articles/jew...
Jewish Organizations Are Fighting Back Against Khalil Deportation
As the Trump administration weaponizes accusations of antisemitism to justify repression, the Jewish left is rising up.
truthout.org
April 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New from me: I talk with the Jewish coalition that is forming to fight back against Trump's authoritarian attack on democratic rights, deportations, and repression of anti-war activists. @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social @ifnotnowmovement.org and others.
truthout.org/articles/jew...
truthout.org/articles/jew...
Feel like the roaring twenties are ending a little bit early this time around
April 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Feel like the roaring twenties are ending a little bit early this time around
This author thinks porn never involves “women’s power or women’s pleasure.” She is leaving out a lot of popular genres.
“Culture matters. It predetermines ‘who we are, how we behave, what we are willing to know, what we are able to feel’.”
@newsbrooke.bsky.social on why Andrea Dworkin’s analysis of male power remains devastatingly relevant: www.prospectmagazine...
@newsbrooke.bsky.social on why Andrea Dworkin’s analysis of male power remains devastatingly relevant: www.prospectmagazine...
The return of Andrea Dworkin
Three of the feminist author’s books have just been reissued. We need to continue her fight
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This author thinks porn never involves “women’s power or women’s pleasure.” She is leaving out a lot of popular genres.
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As @reproutopia.bsky.social noted recently during her keynote at Duke’s Feminist Theory Workshop, there were many great feminists writing and thinking at the same time as Dworkin. Why not give them a “return” instead?
“Culture matters. It predetermines ‘who we are, how we behave, what we are willing to know, what we are able to feel’.”
@newsbrooke.bsky.social on why Andrea Dworkin’s analysis of male power remains devastatingly relevant: www.prospectmagazine...
@newsbrooke.bsky.social on why Andrea Dworkin’s analysis of male power remains devastatingly relevant: www.prospectmagazine...
The return of Andrea Dworkin
Three of the feminist author’s books have just been reissued. We need to continue her fight
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As @reproutopia.bsky.social noted recently during her keynote at Duke’s Feminist Theory Workshop, there were many great feminists writing and thinking at the same time as Dworkin. Why not give them a “return” instead?
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And here’s Sophie offering the only reading of Dworkin’s return that you should read if you care about liberation and real left politics, not just (g)lib girlboss ideological nonsense: thepointmag.com/politics/bat...
Battlefield Ecstasies | The Point Magazine
Is it twisted that her first name means “manhood”? Andrea Dworkin, the legendary feminist, said she believed in men’s “humanity, against all the evidence.” And I believe her.
thepointmag.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
And here’s Sophie offering the only reading of Dworkin’s return that you should read if you care about liberation and real left politics, not just (g)lib girlboss ideological nonsense: thepointmag.com/politics/bat...
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You can really tell who came of age watching Gen X queer film* and who did not**
* Me
** You poor saps
* Me
** You poor saps
March 31, 2025 at 2:23 AM
You can really tell who came of age watching Gen X queer film* and who did not**
* Me
** You poor saps
* Me
** You poor saps
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”Miyazaki said, 'I am utterly disgusted. If you really want to make creepy stuff you can go ahead and do it. I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.' He also said, 'I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.'"
OpenAI CEO Responds to ChatGPT Users Creating Studio Ghibli-Style AI Images
The latest version of OpenAI's image generation technology has resulted in a flood of users sharing images transformed in the style of Studio Ghibli.
variety.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
”Miyazaki said, 'I am utterly disgusted. If you really want to make creepy stuff you can go ahead and do it. I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.' He also said, 'I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.'"
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We are concerned about the assumptions being made in recent coverage of the Cambridge/Watertown brothel case.
Please see below our statement in response to the naming of alleged clients of the brothel network, including Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner.
bswac.org/2025/03/27/b...
Please see below our statement in response to the naming of alleged clients of the brothel network, including Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner.
bswac.org/2025/03/27/b...
BSWAC’s Statement On Cambridge/Watertown Brothel Case
Local Sex Workers and Allies Respond to Cambridge/Watertown Brothel Case For Immediate Release: March 27, 2025 Contact: bostonswac@gmail.com We the Boston Sex Workers and A…
bswac.org
March 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We are concerned about the assumptions being made in recent coverage of the Cambridge/Watertown brothel case.
Please see below our statement in response to the naming of alleged clients of the brothel network, including Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner.
bswac.org/2025/03/27/b...
Please see below our statement in response to the naming of alleged clients of the brothel network, including Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner.
bswac.org/2025/03/27/b...
Insulting to "psychologically study" waitresses like zoo animals and assume that sexual objectification makes all women feel "worthless." Skill issue.
With Hooters on the verge of bankruptcy, a psychologist reflects on her time spent studying the servers who work there
With Hooters on the verge of bankruptcy, a psychologist reflects on her time spent studying the servers who work there
Lewd customers, backstabbing co-workers and managers making unrealistic demands can take a toll.
buff.ly
March 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Insulting to "psychologically study" waitresses like zoo animals and assume that sexual objectification makes all women feel "worthless." Skill issue.
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If they can come for graduate workers, if they can arrest, deport, expel, or imprison union leaders and activists for their protected political speech, then they can come for you. For your contract. For your paycheck. For your family. And for your rights.
March 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If they can come for graduate workers, if they can arrest, deport, expel, or imprison union leaders and activists for their protected political speech, then they can come for you. For your contract. For your paycheck. For your family. And for your rights.
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With 51 votes (and counting), Senate Republicans have passed their measure to effectively legalize debanking, after pretending to care about the issue to gin up their base.
It's up to a handful of House members now to stop it.
It's up to a handful of House members now to stop it.
March 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
With 51 votes (and counting), Senate Republicans have passed their measure to effectively legalize debanking, after pretending to care about the issue to gin up their base.
It's up to a handful of House members now to stop it.
It's up to a handful of House members now to stop it.
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Weird, shitty, disorganized response. How are they still this bad at this? It's been four months since Election Day.
i don't understand why the dems aren't raising hell and getting kicked out one by one rn
March 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Weird, shitty, disorganized response. How are they still this bad at this? It's been four months since Election Day.
An opposition party incapable of doing anything about the strip mining of earned benefits for workers besides silently watching
As clear a sign as any that congressional Dems either don’t fully grasp or are incapable of confronting the constitutional crisis.
March 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
An opposition party incapable of doing anything about the strip mining of earned benefits for workers besides silently watching
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need to queen out with sylvester stallone's muppet girlie fan club from his episode of the muppet show
March 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
need to queen out with sylvester stallone's muppet girlie fan club from his episode of the muppet show
Dems showing their public humiliation kink once again. Oh, you color-coordinated and held cardboard signs on popsicle sticks? Should we throw a party and invite some pre schoolers?
The most powerful thing Democrats could've done was just not show up. It was so easy and yet "Democratic Leadership" i.e. Jeffries and gang told everyone to come in and give Fox News free b-roll of Democrats crying.
March 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Dems showing their public humiliation kink once again. Oh, you color-coordinated and held cardboard signs on popsicle sticks? Should we throw a party and invite some pre schoolers?
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I am thinking once again about how in October 1984 CRIMES OF PASSION and BODY DOUBLE were released within a week of one another. This is what we had. We were once a nation of perverts.
February 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I am thinking once again about how in October 1984 CRIMES OF PASSION and BODY DOUBLE were released within a week of one another. This is what we had. We were once a nation of perverts.
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Prior to Blockbuster eating the market before becoming Netflix chum itself, video stores were seen as THE small business opportunity and they flourished. My small town had at least 8 at any given time.
They always smelled like those thick plastic cases and were usually festooned in posters.
They always smelled like those thick plastic cases and were usually festooned in posters.
Friday nights used to be Go to the Video Store Night and there was a whole strategy and timing to it and our entire society has broken down since we replaced it with Try to Figure Out What to Stream by Yourself While Also Scrolling on Your Phone y/n?
February 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Prior to Blockbuster eating the market before becoming Netflix chum itself, video stores were seen as THE small business opportunity and they flourished. My small town had at least 8 at any given time.
They always smelled like those thick plastic cases and were usually festooned in posters.
They always smelled like those thick plastic cases and were usually festooned in posters.