New Feminist Blogosphere Blowup: Porn Pimps

So, there is a big buzz over the appropriateness of selling a popular feminist blog site, written by a pro-feminist man, to a porn site.

I am not in a position to comment on the latest buzz in the feminist blogosphere. But, I do want to alert my readers, who don't normally make it around to other blogs, what is up. Barry from Alas, A Blog has sold his domain name to a hard core porn site. Dr. Violet Socks gives the details here. I first discovered this at Hugo Schwyzer's place and then followed him to Lauren's blog.. zuzu from Feministe weighed in here. Then I tracked down more links at Sour Duck. Finally, this lead me to Heart at Women's Space.

The uproar has led some to really question whether or not a man can really ever be pro-feminist. I am not sure I am persuaded against a man being a feminist because one pro-feminist man sold his popular feminist blog to a porn site, but I get the point.

In addition to the fiasco at Alas, Pam Spaulding annouced Pandagon was picked as one of the top 10 political blogs. feministing alerted readers here. Here is Heart's response at Women's Space. This is not an exhaustive round up of links, but enough to introduce readers to the issue.

If you feel like answering, what do you think of this latest blowup? Should Amanda be outraged to be applauded by Playboy? Should we be sickened by Barry selling out to a porn pimp? Inquiring minds want to know.