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PornLit

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The PornLit podcast dives into everything online porn has to teach us about sex, gender, and sexuality. Each episode tackles topics like consent, representations of gender, race, and sexuality, and what goes on behind the scenes of the multi-billion dollar industry of online pornography. Let's talk porn literacy!

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Episodes

Episode 4: Unpack The Fantasy Industry

On the last installment of PornLit we draw back the curtain on the mainstream porn industry. What goes on behind the scenes, and how do we separate fantasy from reality? Transcript with references here https://tinyurl.com/PornLit4 Links! General Sex Education: Scarleteen https://www.scarleteen.com/ Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, STI Testing Teen Talk, Birth Control: https://teentalk.ca/learn-about/birth-control-2/ Teen Health Source: https://teenhealthsource.com/information/ Pornogr...

Oct 13, 2022•23 min•Ep. 4

Episode 2: Consent Online and IRL

Like most things, consent is a bit more complicated in practice than it might seem in porn! In this episode we discuss what porn gets wrong about consent, what it tells us about violence in sex, and how to prepare for safe, positive sexual experiences. Transcript with references here https://tinyurl.com/PornLit2 Links! General Sex Education: Scarleteen https://www.scarleteen.com/ Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, STI Testing Teen Talk, Birth Control: https://teentalk.ca/learn-about/bir...

Oct 13, 2022•20 min•Ep. 2

Episode 3: One Size Does Not Fit All!

Human sexuality is so diverse, so why does mainstream porn tend to give us one model for heterosexual sex? In this episode we unpack how porn represents different genders, races, sexualities, and body types, and why there's no such thing as "one size fits all" when it comes to sex. Transcript with references here https://tinyurl.com/PornLit3 Links! General Sex Education: Scarleteen https://www.scarleteen.com/ Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, STI Testing Teen Talk, Birth Control: https...

Oct 13, 2022•23 min•Ep. 3

Episode 1: Not Your Parents' Porn!

With the internet, pretty much everyone can and does access online pornography. Why aren't we talking about it? In this intro to PornLit we talk about how to think critically about an entertainment industry that sometimes stands in for sex education. Transcript with references here https://tinyurl.com/PornLit1 Links! General Sex Education: Scarleteen https://www.scarleteen.com/ Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, STI Testing Teen Talk, Birth Control: https://teentalk.ca/learn-about/birth...

Oct 13, 2022•15 min•Ep. 1

Introducing PornLit!

Introducing PornLit! A podcast that dives into everything online porn has to teach us about sex, gender, and sexuality. Each episode tackles topics like consent, representations of gender, race, and sexuality, and what goes on behind the scenes of the multi-billion dollar industry of online pornography. Subscribe now to get all four episodes when they drop. Hosted by Astrid. This project was made possible by an Independent Student Research Grant through Mount Allison University. Hosted on Acast....

Sep 08, 2022•53 sec

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