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Bobby
Lilly was a member of the Feminist Anti-Censorship
Taskforce (FACT) in the early 80's and in July
of 1986 became a founding member of San Franciscans
Against Censorship Together (SF-ACT), a Bay Area
grassroots organization created in response to
the censorious Meese Commission Report on Pornography.
As chairperson over the past ten years, Ms. Lilly
has helped transform SF-ACT into the statewide
organization now known as Californians Against
Censorship Together (CAL-ACT). CAL-ACT has worked
with groups as diverse as the American Civil
Liberties Union, Rock Out Censorship, the Adult
Video Association,
People for the American Way and the Freedom of
Expression Coalition, and has now become a player
in the battle for freedom of expression on the
Internet. A long-term feminist and activist with
her background in the labor movement, new left
politics and the women's movement, Ms,. Lilly
is committed to political, social and economic
equality
of the sexes but questions orthodox feminist
tenets regarding objectification and pornography.
From
record labels to museum walls, from video stores
to library shelves, America is in the midst
of a cultural civil war. What are the forces
at work behind today's headlines? The struggle
over
abortion, the fight over the NEA and the attack
on adult entertainment are only some of the
battlefields in this war. Why is sexual expression
a primary
target? Pornography: what is it? Why is it
under attack from both feminists and the religious
right?
Is it the cause of moral decay in this society?
Is it the cause of violence against women?
Does it subvert te patriarchy? Ms. Lilly will
examine
this controversial topic from an orthodox feminist
perspective.
Topics:
- Sex, censorship and feminism
- Why is pornography
attacked?
- History of censorship
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