Harvard women posing nude alongside their theses just might be the way Diamond magazine wins over feminists.

Over cookies and chocolate ice cream in the Women’s Center last night, a group of about a dozen undergraduates-all of whom agreed that mainstream pornography objectifies women-tossed around ideas aimed at distinguishing the controversial publication from other pornography magazines.

The discussion, which was sponsored by the Radcliffe Union of Students, featured both Diamond magazine founder Matthew M. Di Pasquale ‘08 and H Bomb editor Brandon T. Perkovich ‘11.

Much of the discussion put Di Pasquale on the defensive. He told the crowd numerous times that Diamond’s purpose is to allow women to “express themselves” in a pro-sex light-not to objectify them-and that he understands their concerns about typical pornography.

“In the past, there’s been resistance to sexual expression. There are still laws against oral sex. I’d be in jail if those were enforced, and probably a lot of you guys, too,” he said. “I’m a human being, and I like women. I want to get this discussion [on sex] out of the closet-get sex in the open for guys and girls.”