Abstract
By taking as a starting point “The Clit List,” a pornographic database that includes porn material addressed to individuals who have experienced sexual harassment(s) and/or assault(s), this essay brings forward the following question: can pornography take the form of a healing process for individuals with a history of sexual violence? In order to provide an answer, alternative uses and aspects of pornography will be explored, with a particular focus on queer, feminist, and ethical porn. Following the contemporary history of pornography, I engage with both Queer Theory by discussing queer feminist approaches to porn, but also Affect Theory by sharing queer feminist approaches to trauma and the potential healing that an (erotic) film can induce in the spectator. More than simply seeking for alternative aspects of porn, this essay accounts for the (re)introduction of pornography as a productive media with a sexual healing possibility.
Publisher
Intersectional Knowledge Publishers
Reference23 articles.
1. Butler, H. (2004) “What Do You Call a Lesbian with Long Fingers? The Development of Lesbian and Dyke Pornography” In: Williams, L. (ed.), Porn Studies, 1st ed. Durham and London: Duke University Press, pp. 167-197.
2. Cvetkovich, A. (2003) An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesbian Public Cultures, Durham and London: Duke University Press.
3. Keilty, P. (2012) “Embodiment and Desire in Browsing Online Pornography” In: Proceedings of the iConference, [online] Available at: http://works.bepress.com/patrick_keilty/4 (accessed on 21 June 2017).
4. Lane, K. (2013) “Imag(in)ing Possibilities: The Psychotherapeutic Potential of Queer Pornography” In: Tristan, T., Parreñas Shmizu, C., Penley, C., and Miller-Young, M. (eds.), The Feminist Porn Book, 1st ed. New York: The Feminist Press, pp. 164-178.
5. McKee, A. and Sullivan, R. (2015) Pornography: Structures, Agency and Performance, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp.74-102.