Andrea Dworkin has died. She was a leading feminist during the 80s and campaigned heavily against porn (but for quite different reasons to the reasons I oppose it).

A lot of people hated her and for good reason. She was highly controversial and, along with Catherine McKinnon managed to pretty well split the feminist movement down the middle, between those that we’re pro-sex (ir pro-porn) and those that were anti-sex (or anti-porn). Her views were pretty extreme and her methods divisive. She even sided with the right-wing Christians to advance her anti-porn agenda.

However amongst all the controversy there were some good ideas. More importantly she provided fuel for some important debates. So love her or hate her, she was significant and deserves some homage (I believe).

Some insight into her positions can be found here, here, and here.

An article on her death here.