Bound and Gagged
Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America
Ranked #56 in Pornography
In a book that completely changes the terms of the pornography debate, Laura Kipnis challenges the position that porn perpetuates misogyny and sex crimes. First published in 1996, Bound and Gagged opens with the chilling case of Daniel DePew, a man convicted—in the first computer bulletin board entrapment case—of conspiring to make a snuff film and sentenced to thirty-three years in prison for merely trading kinky fantasies with two undercover cops.
Using this textbook example of social hysteria as a springboard, Kipnis argues that criminalizing fantasy—even perverse and... more
Using this textbook example of social hysteria as a springboard, Kipnis argues that criminalizing fantasy—even perverse and... more
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