You searched for Nina Hartley - Mike South https://mikesouth.com/ The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:04:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 You searched for Nina Hartley - Mike South https://mikesouth.com/ 32 32 1788040 AVN Announces 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees @AVNawards https://mikesouth.com/avn/avn-announces-2021-hall-of-fame-inductees-avnawards-67261/ https://mikesouth.com/avn/avn-announces-2021-hall-of-fame-inductees-avnawards-67261/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:09:29 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=67261 AVN Media Network is pleased to announce this year’s inductees into the AVN Hall of Fame. The Class of 2021 features a stellar group of performers, producers, directors, and executives who each have impacted the worldwide adult entertainment industry in their own distinctive ways. The honorees will be officially inducted at the 38th annual AVN […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/avn/avn-announces-2021-hall-of-fame-inductees-avnawards-67261/feed/ 0 67261 So long 2257? Not so fast …. https://mikesouth.com/legal/so-long-2257-not-so-fast-65538/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/so-long-2257-not-so-fast-65538/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2020 23:37:18 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=65538 There has been a lot of chatter today about a recent court decision. Some have inappropriately said that FSC defeated the 2257 regulations. That isn’t true. This claim is rather misleading and potentially dangerous. The full court decision can be viewed at www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/183188p.pdf The part I want to highlight is this …. “The plaintiffs’ as-applied claims […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/so-long-2257-not-so-fast-65538/feed/ 1 65538 The 2020 XBIZ Awards Female Performer of the Year is Angela White @angelawhite https://mikesouth.com/awards/the-2020-xbiz-awards-female-performer-of-the-year-is-angela-white-angelawhite-54561/ https://mikesouth.com/awards/the-2020-xbiz-awards-female-performer-of-the-year-is-angela-white-angelawhite-54561/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:47:55 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=54561 The AVN Awards was last weekend and the Female Performer of the Year is Angela White. Here is a full list of winners from the 2020 XBIZ Awards…. Feature Movie of the Year “Teenage Lesbian” (Adult Time) Erotic-Themed Movie of the Year “Greed, Love and Betrayal,” (MissaX) Comedy Movie of the Year “Love Emergency,” (Adam […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/awards/the-2020-xbiz-awards-female-performer-of-the-year-is-angela-white-angelawhite-54561/feed/ 0 54561 FilmWeek: Nina Hartley on Role In ‘Boogie Nights’ and Evolution of Porn Industry https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/filmweek-nina-hartley-on-role-in-boogie-nights-and-evolution-of-porn-industry-49004/ https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/filmweek-nina-hartley-on-role-in-boogie-nights-and-evolution-of-porn-industry-49004/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2019 20:49:41 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=49004 Check out this podcast at FilmWeek: Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 film “Boogie Nights” portrays the adult film industry amid its transition from being big budget films that played in movie theatres to the cheaper-to-produce home videos that became popular in the 80s and early 90s, before the Internet went mainstream. Legendary porn star Nina Hartley […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/filmweek-nina-hartley-on-role-in-boogie-nights-and-evolution-of-porn-industry-49004/feed/ 4 49004 UW-La Crosse forms free speech committee in wake of porn star backlash https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/uw-la-crosse-forms-free-speech-committee-in-wake-of-porn-star-backlash-46558/ https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/uw-la-crosse-forms-free-speech-committee-in-wake-of-porn-star-backlash-46558/#respond Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:13:56 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=46558 Students and staff at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse have been given more power in booking guest lecturers after a backlash erupted following its chancellor inviting porn star Nina Hartley to speak on campus last November. On Monday, Chancellor Joe Gow announced the formation of a Joint Committee on Free Speech Promotion, a group of […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/uw-la-crosse-forms-free-speech-committee-in-wake-of-porn-star-backlash-46558/feed/ 0 46558 Concerns for free speech contradict UW System President’s reprimand letter over Nina Hartley speaking engagement https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/concerns-for-free-speech-contradict-uw-system-presidents-reprimand-letter-over-nina-hartley-speaking-engagement-31146/ https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/concerns-for-free-speech-contradict-uw-system-presidents-reprimand-letter-over-nina-hartley-speaking-engagement-31146/#respond Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:30:50 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=31146 For inviting porn star and sex educator Nina Hartley as a college speaker on campus, UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow received a reprimand letter from UW System President Ray Cross earlier this month. Gow invited Nina Hartley, 59, to speak about female empowerment and consent as well as the distinction between porn and reality. He […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/concerns-for-free-speech-contradict-uw-system-presidents-reprimand-letter-over-nina-hartley-speaking-engagement-31146/feed/ 0 31146 Nina Hartley: UW-L’s Response Defies Diversity Pledge https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/nina-hartley-uw-ls-response-defies-diversity-pledge-30923/ https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/nina-hartley-uw-ls-response-defies-diversity-pledge-30923/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2018 19:08:37 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=30923 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-L) Chancellor Joe Gow recently hosted my lecture, “Fantasy versus Reality: Viewing Adult Media with a Critical Eye.” Attendance was optional. As a long-time public speaker on the topics of sex, sexuality and sexual expression, I saw the chancellor’s invitation as an example of UW-L’s “commitment to academic freedom and freedom […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/nina-hartley-uw-ls-response-defies-diversity-pledge-30923/feed/ 1 30923 2019 AVN Awards Nominees Announced at Hollywood Gala https://mikesouth.com/avn/2019-avn-awards-nominees-announced-at-hollywood-gala-30553/ https://mikesouth.com/avn/2019-avn-awards-nominees-announced-at-hollywood-gala-30553/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:19:48 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=30553 Last night at the Avalon in  Hollywood, adult perfomers, directors and industry power players came out to be the first to learn the identities of the 2019 AVN Awards Nominees. The 2019 AVN Awards will take place Saturday, January 26 at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The show will be co-hosted […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/avn/2019-avn-awards-nominees-announced-at-hollywood-gala-30553/feed/ 2 30553 2019 XBIZ Awards Nominees Announced https://mikesouth.com/awards/2019-xbiz-awards-nominees-announced-30533/ https://mikesouth.com/awards/2019-xbiz-awards-nominees-announced-30533/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2018 15:37:29 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=30533 XBIZ is pleased to announce the 2019 XBIZ Awards nominees. The Awards show is set for Thursday, Jan. 17 at the towering Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles. Voting for Movies & Production, Web & Technology, Pleasure Products and Retail & Distribution categories begins Nov. 21. The XBIZ Awards honors the best in the business of sex and will […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/awards/2019-xbiz-awards-nominees-announced-30533/feed/ 2 30533 Nina Hartley to UW-La Crosse students: ‘It’s OK to like porn’ https://mikesouth.com/sex/nina-hartley-to-uw-la-crosse-students-its-ok-to-like-porn-30033/ https://mikesouth.com/sex/nina-hartley-to-uw-la-crosse-students-its-ok-to-like-porn-30033/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:55:27 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=30033 (La Crosse, Wisconsin) — Adult film star and sex educator Nina Hartley lectured UW-La Crosse students on the realities of adult entertainment and the benefits of people taking ownership of their sexuality during a speaking engagement at the university on Thursday. Her 90-minute talk, which drew about 70 students to Centennial Hall, went on despite […]

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