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• Springfield Republican: "Strip clubs need Sarno ultimatum"

  The Springfield Republican published this editorial today:
  Strip clubs need Sarno ultimatum
  
  After two murders and countless testosterone and booze-laced disturbances, Springfield’s strip clubs have presented the city’s License Commission with a plan to bolster security...
  
  We have said in the past that the city should shut the clubs down because of [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:19pm EST
  by NPNAdmin

• A Review of Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex

  NPN's Jendi Reiter reviews Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex by David Henry Sterry and R.J. Martin, Jr. (Brooklyn: Soft Skull Press, 2009).
  This fascinating but uneven anthology of personal essays by current and former sex workers gives readers [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:35am EST
  by NPNAdmin

• Pictures from The Clothesline Project at Smith College

  Here are pictures from The Clothesline Project at Smith College, November 1-8, 2009.
  The Clothesline Project is an exhibit intended to break the silence around sexual assault and gender violence. It is a vehicle for people affected by sexual violence to express their emotions or share their stories by decorating [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 1:56pm EST
  by NPNAdmin

• Letter to Gazette: "Urges Valley Advocate to stop running escort ads"

  Today's Daily Hampshire Gazette publishes a letter to the editor from NoPornNorthampton's Adam Cohen. Links have been added to the text below for the convenience of the reader. The Gazette (a daily) and the Valley Advocate (an alternative weekly) are owned by the same company, Newspapers of New England, and serve [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:21am EST
  by NPNAdmin

• November 13-14 Symposium in Philadelphia: Trafficking in Sex and Labor

  Please circulate this flyer widely. Download the full-size PDF (95KB). Register here for the symposium.
  
  
  
  
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  Hunt Alternatives Fund: Demand Abolition
  Demand Abolition supports the modern-day slavery movement by combating the demand for sex trafficking. By conducting and disseminating research, convening key stakeholders to share best practices, [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:46pm EST
  by NPNAdmin