I think one needs to consider the piece as a whole, and it's likely effect of making porn a more acceptable mainstream topic for discussion in the future. But I'm comfortable with interpretations that are contradicted by different levels of the text, and think that we should judge by final effect rather than intermediate argument. I think the apparent contradictions are more likely intentional (at some level) rather than oversight.
Source: The Atlantic - Respectable, liberal.
Title: Hard Core - Low brow, sensationalist.
Subtitle: The new world of porn is revealing eternal truths about men and women - Reactionary or defensive?
Author: Doesn't seem afraid of sex-positive imagery - http://www.natashavc.com/
Image: Art porn by an expert - http://www.google.com/images?q=Sølve+Sundsbø
Text: As you say, but also mixed in places.
I think one needs to consider the piece as a whole, and it's likely effect of making porn a more acceptable mainstream topic for discussion in the future. But I'm comfortable with interpretations that are contradicted by different levels of the text, and think that we should judge by final effect rather than intermediate argument. I think the apparent contradictions are more likely intentional (at some level) rather than oversight.
Any chance you've seen Slavoj Zizek's argument that The Sound of Music is actually pro-Nazi: http://benatlas.com/2010/02/zizek-on-crossdressing-to-the-so...