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A review by jaduhluhdabooks
Takedown: Inside the Fight to Shut Down Pornhub for Child Abuse, Rape, and Sex Trafficking by Laila Mickelwait
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
As someone who has been on the research and academic side of linking the toxicity of purity culture to rape culture this book hit close to home. As someone who has constantly been on the side victimization and told that I take it too far, gaslit into believing it’s not that deep, this book shines a necessary and large light on the deeply rooted monetization and glorification of human, sex, and child trafficking, pedofilia, and molestation.
It is an extremely heavy read, but a necessary one ad one I think that large organizations - especially monetary conglomerates should stop and listen to. Money talks and it talks loudly and when needed, aggressively and effectively… listening to Laila’s story and fight for justice for countless of rape and child abuse victims, who’s traumas are monetized and immortalized on the internet is both heartbreaking and fueling.
As someone who has experienced the intensity that abuse can have in your life, to have it exposed and repeatedly used against you and for profit is just disgusting and … just the mental health implications of this, as well as, the disingenuous representation of actors and workers who are trying to make appropriate light of industry corrupt with individuals who are more focused on money than people.
I know this is not a book about sex work, but I think that provides a clear distinction between what is what is not sex work. I appreciated the industry actors who came along side traffickinghub and Laila to expose the nature and inter workings of sites like these the content they were allowing onto their site. I think this is just one example of how they are not one and the same.
There is such an eerie feeling about pornhub having the power and the exposure capacity that it does, as well as, how connected it is to predators. This also makes me think about social media outlets that too have access to these allowances like X (formerly known as Twitter) and Tik Tok. It’s scary and I just think about the biggest exposé that could be uncovered if these tech and media companies came together to expose these individuals, rather than work with them for profit.
People over profit always. Image is so much more than traffic - it should be at least. I hope that this continued fight will continue to boldly call out and fight against these individuals and these companies. That predators are exposed / no longer given access to harming children in horrific and awful ways.
The fight is now.
It is an extremely heavy read, but a necessary one ad one I think that large organizations - especially monetary conglomerates should stop and listen to. Money talks and it talks loudly and when needed, aggressively and effectively… listening to Laila’s story and fight for justice for countless of rape and child abuse victims, who’s traumas are monetized and immortalized on the internet is both heartbreaking and fueling.
As someone who has experienced the intensity that abuse can have in your life, to have it exposed and repeatedly used against you and for profit is just disgusting and … just the mental health implications of this, as well as, the disingenuous representation of actors and workers who are trying to make appropriate light of industry corrupt with individuals who are more focused on money than people.
I know this is not a book about sex work, but I think that provides a clear distinction between what is what is not sex work. I appreciated the industry actors who came along side traffickinghub and Laila to expose the nature and inter workings of sites like these the content they were allowing onto their site. I think this is just one example of how they are not one and the same.
There is such an eerie feeling about pornhub having the power and the exposure capacity that it does, as well as, how connected it is to predators. This also makes me think about social media outlets that too have access to these allowances like X (formerly known as Twitter) and Tik Tok. It’s scary and I just think about the biggest exposé that could be uncovered if these tech and media companies came together to expose these individuals, rather than work with them for profit.
People over profit always. Image is so much more than traffic - it should be at least. I hope that this continued fight will continue to boldly call out and fight against these individuals and these companies. That predators are exposed / no longer given access to harming children in horrific and awful ways.
The fight is now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide