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Conference: Pornography and Pop Culture: Reframing Theory, Re-thinking Activism
March 23-25, 2007 The so-called “porn wars” that were fought over the feminist
critique of contemporary mass-marketed pornography derailed important
academic and activist work. It is time to move on by reframing our
thinking on pornography, especially in light of the important changes
that have occurred in both technology and pop culture over the past two
decades.
In the world of the internet, cell phone porn,
shock jocks and sexually degrading reality TV, the central insights of
the critical feminist perspective are more important than ever. What
was once called soft-core pornography has become the norm in mainstream
pop culture, while hard-core porn has become increasingly accepted and
increasingly misogynistic. What do such economic and cultural shifts
mean for feminist theory and activism, and how can we rebuild a vibrant
feminist movement that addresses the harms of misogynist images that
help define our culture, our visual landscape and our sexuality?
These
issues will be addressed at a national conference on March 23-25, 2007,
at Wheelock College in Boston. Titled "Pornography and Pop Culture:
Reframing Theory, Rethinking Activism," this conference will
- feature recent feminist theory and research on pornography, prostitution and pop culture, and
- provide
space for collaborative discussion on how we can prepare the ground for
building a broad-based, energized and vibrant feminist movement that
can address the harms of pornographic images in the context of a more
general political and cultural crisis.
http://www.wheelock.edu/ppc/index.asp
proposed agenda:
Friday, March 23: Opening Conference Event
7:30-9:30 p.m.--Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture
Saturday, March 24: Pornography and Pop Culture: Reframing Theory
9:15-10:00 a.m.: Not Your Father’s Playboy and Not Your Mother’s Feminist Movement: Contemporary Feminism in a Porn Culture
Rebecca Whisnant Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Dayton 10:00-11:00 a.m.: Real Men, Real Choices
Robert Jensen, Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin
11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.: Pornography and Pop Culture: Putting the Text in Context
Gail Dines. Professor of Sociology and American Studies, Wheelock College
2:00-3:15 p.m.: Pornography, Prostitution, and Sex Trafficking: How Do You Tell the Difference?
Melissa Farley, Director, Prostitution Research and Education, San Francisco
Rachel Lloyd, Director, Girls’ Educational and Mentoring Services
3:30-5:00 p.m.: Analyzing the Pornographic Text: Charting and Mapping Pornography through Content AnalysisAna Bridges
Erica Scharrer, University of Rhode Island, U/Mass Amherst
Robert Wosnitzer, New York University
7:00-9:00 p.m.: 'Fantasies' Matter: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships. Screening and Discussion with filmmaker Chyng Sun
Sunday March 25: Pornography and Pop Culture: Rethinking Activism
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon: Talking about Pornography in a “Pornified” Culture 1:00-3:00 p.m.: Building a new Feminist
Anti-pornography Movement for the Twenty First Century: Goals,
Coalitions, and Strategies to Aim for and Pitfalls to Avoid
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