The Pawn Report - Alan McKee, Katherine Albury & Catharine Lumby

(That should be an "or" instead of an "aw" in the header, but I don't want to upset anybody's net nannies).

An interesting survey of pawn use and production in Australia, designed to explode the myths about violent or child-based content, and the average user as a raincoat-wearing loner. It largely succeeds, but the academic research is undermined by the authors' tendency to editorialise and use subjective terminology in a non-scholarly way.

The DIY "cottage industry" amateur stars sound like a jolly bunch.