Dive Summary:
- Self-professed "Porn Professor" Hugo Schwyzer announced that he will no longer offer his Humanities 3 class, "Navigating Pornography," at Pasadena City College.
- Schwyzer said that pressures from the college and the community, as well as an extramarital affair and social media hatemail related to his writings on gender issues, sent him to psychological rehab last week.
- The professor has additional notoriety for his writings on his past drug addiction, during which he attempted to kill himself and an ex-girlfriend 15 years ago, and he also infamously had sexual relationships with numerous female students during his first few years as a PCC professor before being asked to author the current policy banning professor-student relationships.
From the article:
... Because of his past, Schwyzer said, he's become quite unpopular, and proving his point, Internet feminists rejoiced on Twitter this week following Schwyzer's blog post on his decision to give in to his critics. Many also criticized Schwyzer's media interviews after the announcement, including one published in New York Magazine on Wednesday.
"If Hugo Schwyzer was the 'feminist ally' he claims to be, he would leave quietly and not spout nonsense like this," tweeted Lauren Rankin, a feminist writer from New Jersey, including a link to the article.
But others, like popular Asian BBW (Big Beautiful Woman) adult performer Kelly Shibari, said the absence of Schwyzer's courage and wisdom will leave a hole at PCC and in feminist discourse. Shibari spoke in Schwyzer's class twice, talking with students about body image and online bullying. ...