Avedon Carol is an American-born British feminist, anti-censorship, and civil liberties campaigner and a researcher in the field of sex crime, residing in England. She is a member of Feminists Against Censorship, and as part of their publishing group co-edited Bad Girls & Dirty Pictures (1993). She is the author of Nudes, Prudes and Attitudes (1994), and has also worked on other books by Feminists Against Censorship. On her own website, "Avedon's Sideshow", she publishes and compiles links to a wide array of stories and events.
Avedon Carol | |
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 Avedon Carol, 1979, Arlington, Virginia (photo: Jeff Schalles) | |
| Born | 1951 Maryland, US |
| Occupation | Feminist, anti-censorship, and civil liberties campaigner |
| Notable work | Bad Girls and Dirty Pictures: The Challenge to Reclaim Feminism |
| Website | |
| avedoncarol | |
Biography
editCarol was born in Maryland in 1951,[1] growing up in Kensington,[2] but resides in London.[3]
Carol is a member of Feminists Against Censorship, a women's group fighting for sexual expression and against censorship. Carol has pushed back against feminists Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon, claiming the "fear and loathing of the male member" was not fully justified.[4] She declared herself "passionately opposed to censorship".[3]
A well-known figure in science fiction fandom, Avedon was the 1983 winner of the Trans Atlantic Fan Fund, and has been nominated for three Hugo Awards (1989, 1991 and 1992) as Best Fan Writer for her contributions to science fiction fanzines[5] and as an active member of the Amateur Press Associations AWA (A Women's APA) in the US and TWP (The Women's Periodical) in Britain. She was Fan Guest of Honour at Wiscon in Madison, Wisconsin in 1987 and at the British Eastercons in Glasgow in 1983 (Albacon II) and on Jersey in 1989 (Contrivance).[1]
Avedon is one of 12 media panelists for Virtually Speaking Sundays, a weekly podcast discussing (mostly US) current events.[6]
Bibliography
edit- Carol, Avedon; Assiter, Alison (1993). Bad girls and dirty pictures: the challenge to reclaim feminism. London Boulder, Colorado: Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745305240.
- Carol, Avedon (1994). Nudes, prudes and attitudes: pornography and censorship. Cheltenham: New Clarion Press. ISBN 9781873797143.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Reid, Robin Anne, ed. (30 December 2008). Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy. ABC-Clio. p. 55. ISBN 9780313054747. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Carol, Avedon. "It's all about me (blog)". sideshow.me.uk. Avedon Carol. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ a b Nicolson, Adam (3 October 1993). "Women's porn: revolution or simply revolting?". The Sunday Telegraph. p. 16. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Evans, Simon (26 October 1995). "Black leather, purple prose and a few bananas, too". The Independent. p. 37. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "List of Hugo Nominees". Locus Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008.
- ^ Jay Ackroyd (2 February 2016). "Avedon Carol & Stuart Zechman: Virtually Speaking Sundays" (Podcast). Publisher. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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External links
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- Avedon Carol's homepage
- Avedon Carol at fiawol.demon.co.uk Archived 31 January 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- Avedon Carol, FAC at fiawol.demon.co.uk
- Blog Talk Radio
- Glen Ford and Avedon Carol speaking with Jay Ackroyd, Blog Talk Radio
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