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More journalists

Elizabeth — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:21:39 -0800

In my original comment I mentioned Debbie Nathan and Judith Levine but I'd include them here, too, so we have everything in one place:

Debbie Nathan, especially because of her book, Satan's Silence, and because of her coverage of the Kurt Eichenwald/Justin Berry story complete with advocating that journalists and researchers should have access to child porn in order to confirm government claims, and because of her work in immigration especially along the US/Mexico border. Her blog is at: http://debbienathan.com

Judith Levine, especially because of her book Harmful to Minors which addresses issues of children, teens, sex, policy and pornography in a way that makes it clear how our current moral panic around sex harms the people it is nominally aimed at "saving". She blogs at http://judithlevine.com

Journalists who challenge moralism...

DebbieNathan — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:11:58 -0800

These people have all written about " sex trafficking":

Maggie Jones (who I think is now a contributor to New York Times Sunday Magazine): "Thailand's Brothel Busters," in Mother Jones, Nov/Dec 2003 issue

Nina Shapiro, "The New Abolitionists," Seattle Weekly, Aug. 25, 2004

Jerry Markon, Washington Post, "Human Trafficking: Really Such a Big Issue?", Sept. 30, 2007

In addition, David Feingold is not a journalist; he's an anthropologist working for the UN in, I think, Bankok. He has for long been a passionate and consistent voice of reason regarding the real context in Asia that surrounds women crossing borders to do sex work. He did a great documentary film about this, so he should be considered a media person. He also very proactively communicates with the mass media.