Pornography | The Walrus

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First Person / June 2019

My Father, the Secret Pornographer

May 23, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Rebecca Duclos

I recently discovered my dad used to write gay porn

How Police Cracked Canada’s Largest Child Pornography Ring

August 22, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Robert Kolker

Inside the year-long effort to take down a criminal organization hiding in plain sight

Society

The Porn Paradox

March 9, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Stephen Marche

Pornography is everywhere. And despite what some activists say, that might not be a bad thing

Arts & Culture

Sunny Leone Rises Again

September 8, 2016April 14, 2020 - by Aparita Bhandari

How a retired Canadian porn star is helping India confront sexism

Feature

The Pleasure Principle

July 12, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Mark Mann

The demand for porn has never been higher—and selling it has never been harder

First Person / January/February 2016

Orifice Space

December 15, 2015April 7, 2020 - by Natalie Zina Walschots

My life as a porn cubicle drone

Photograph by Raina Kirn and Wilson Barry

April 2014 / Feature

The Talk

April 30, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Rachel Giese

A new sex ed program for boys asks them to explore the question of what makes a good man

April 2014 / Society

La Squirteuse

March 26, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Lisan Jutras

The hardest-working porn star in the business

Society

The Porn Identity

September 12, 2012August 24, 2017 - by Stacey May Fowles

Stacey May Fowles in conversation with Hal Niedzviecki on privacy and internet pornography

April 2009 / Society

The Other Porn Addiction

April 12, 2009May 25, 2020 - by Hal Niedzviecki

Why are ordinary women exposing themselves online?