By Josh Gilman: The top trending story around the world this morning was the death of the founder of Playboy, Hugh Hefner. The death of every human is a sad day, but unfortunately today’s memorials to the man who made pornography so mainstream he nearly put himself out of business, are in their very adulation a condemnation of his life’s … Read More
How the option to say “no” could save your child’s life
“Oh! Ummmm….yes, that’s ok….thank you so much for asking. I never thought of that,” the young mom stared at the other mom a little perplexed and thoughtfully sat back down. What was this all about? Well, it was quite simple. While I was sitting in Chapters reading a unnecessarily tall pile of books to my 2-year-old, a couple of 4-year-old … Read More
Why Do Men Keep Treating Me Like Dirt?
Sometimes we receive letters from people expressing the truth about porn that we just need to print them verbatim. Here is one from a young woman who knows the truth about porn and is speaking up. “Is it what I look like, or who I am? Why do men keep treating me like dirt?” I was speechless for a moment … Read More
The Government Just Let Us Down On Pornography: Canadians Need To Respond
The Canadian Government just dropped the ball on protecting the children of Canada today. In a big way. Nothing is more important than ensuring that the next generation grows up in a society which allows them to flourish and meet the highest reaches of their potential. Governments rise and fall based on the voters’ opinion when it comes to whether … Read More
Being there for the broken
By Josh Gilman: Looking out into the audience of 400 high-school students at a christian high-school, I read the question texted to the big screen. “My parents caught me watching porn. They were so angry that I can never talk to them about it again. And it’s pushed me deeper into my addiction. What do I do?” I looked out … Read More
Why a rage-fueled hatred of pornography is a good thing
Warning: This article contains references to disgusting things you may wish you never knew about. Maturity and a strong stomach advised. I’m sitting at my desk and I’m angry. I’m furious. I never swear, but a word I wouldn’t want my mother to hear me say shoots out of my mouth. My phone rings, I say “hello,” and when my … Read More
Our Government Is Talking About Porn and You Should Too
Good news! Our Canadian Standing Committee On Health is beginning the 1st of three days of hearings on the harm of pornography. Ok, technically they are discussing the “affect” of pornography but we know what they’ll find if they look at it honestly. The hearing starts at 11:00am (or started at 11am if you are reading this later). And you can … Read More
Why being against sexual abuse meant I had to fight porn
by Daniel Gilman: Everything in me wanted to leave that fight to someone else. I just wanted to combat sexual abuse and human trafficking, when I stumbled upon the brutal reality that meant if I wanted to fight those things, I had to turn my attention to fighting porn. Porn is both private and personal for so many nice and normal people. But I realized that if I … Read More
Singleness, Marriage, Contentedness, Porn & Pavlov
By Josh Gilman: Happy Valentines Day! Depending on your personality and life circumstances, today is the best/worst/happiest/horrific/lovely/sickening/romantic/depressing day of the year. But for nearly everyone it is definitely one thing. Triggering. I’ll explain why. Contentedness One of the most common terms that is thrown around when we come upon anything that reminds of relationship statuses is the word “content”. Usually … Read More
Would you take a domestic violence surviver to 50 Shades of Grey?
The 2nd movie instalment of the 50 Shades of Grey series is being released once again as a Valentines day film. The first film in the series was released to a lot of protests and staunch rhetoric on both sides of the argument, but this time around people fighting for the victims are taking a different approach and trying to … Read More