Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography

Rebecca Whisnant received her doctorate in philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton. In addition to teaching and publishing in ethics and feminist theory, she is an anti-pornography educator and peace activist who has done public speaking on topics ranging from same-sex marriage to the US wars on Afghanistan and Iraq. Her current work focuses on intersections and tensions between feminist theory and the philosophy of non-violence. Christine Stark is a feminist writer, artist, speaker, and activist of American Indian and European ancestry. She has spoken nationally and internationally on issues of rape, race, poverty, homelessness, prostitution, and pornography and organised many community events, including Amerika: Land of Rape and Genocide. Her writing and art have been published in numerous periodicals and anthologies and she has appeared on National Public Radio and various television and radio shows. She was interviewed for Dirty Little Secret, a documentary on sexual violence. She is a member of the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition and completing her MFA in Writing from Minnesota State University. Christine is a survivor of incest and a racist prostitution and pornography ring.