[Air-l] Women and Pornography seminar

[Attwood, Fiona]

MeCCSA Women’s Media Studies Network presents


Women and Pornography
An afternoon seminar examining women’s production and consumption of porn in film and on the net.

Venue
University of Sunderland
The Sony Media Building, Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peters

Date and Time
Wednesday 13 June 2007, 1.00pm – 5.15pm

This event is organized by the Centre for Research in Media & Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland. All women working in media, communication and cultural studies welcome. The event is free, but please register before 2nd June 2007 by emailing Clarissa Smith on clarissa.smith at sunderland.ac.uk

1.00 Welcome

1.15-2.45 Panel Presentation and Discussion

Feona Attwood
Feona Attwood teaches Media and Communication Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. She has published widely on sex and the media. Her research interests include new pornographies, cybersex, women and sexualization and the study of sexual media in education. She is currently working on online pornography and women’s use of online sex sites.

Katrien Jacobs
Katrien Jacobs is assistant professor at City University of Hong Kong. She has published widely on Internet pornography, sexuality, art and censorship. Since 2005 she has organized the netporn conferences at the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam. She is author of the forthcoming Netporn: DIY
Web Culture and Sexual Politics, Rowman & Littlejohn.

2.45-3.15
Coffee Break

3.15-4.45
Panel Presentation and Discussion

Clarissa Smith
Clarissa Smith teaches Media & Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland. Her research interests are the production and consumption of pornography, sex retailing, audiences and popular cultures. Her published work includes studies of softcore pornography, readers of For Women magazine, and the erotic performers, The Chippendales. Her book, One for the Girls! The Practices and Pleasures of Women’s Porn is published by
Intellect Books.

Anna Span
Anna Span graduated from Central Saint Martins and was the first female director of hardcore pornography in the UK with titles ‘Uniform Behavior’, Hoxton Honey and ‘Anna’s Mates’. Since 1998 she has run her own production company, Easy on the Eye productions. Arena magazine named her ‘Britain’s hottest porn director’ and she is currently working on her first feature film for mainstream release.

4.45-5.15
Discussion and Conclusion


The seminar will take place at University of Sunderland, Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peters in the Media Building, Room 207 (Cinema).




Dr Clarissa Smith
Programme Leader, MA Media & Cultural Studies
School of Arts, Design, Media & Culture
University of Sunderland
Telephone: 0191 515 2708