Liberation and Pleasure: Feminist Sex Shops and the Politics of Consumption

2018/04/25 by April Huff · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Sex work and related issues

paper · doi:10.1080/00497878.2018.1454923

openalex publication_date 2018/04/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

In the Spring 2004 issue of Bitch magazine, the feminist sex shop Toys in Babeland ran an ad, in honor of Masturbation May, encouraging readers to “start your own sexual revolution!” Alongside info...

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