This is a dissertation by Ella Jo who graduated from the University of Manchester in the faculty of Arts, Languages and cultures.
"Recent years have seen disturbing trends and developments within internet pornography. “Teen”, has become the number one most searched term in online pornography and 40% of online pornography features abuse against women. In 2014 abuse porn websites averaged over sixty million combined hits per month, more hits than sites such as NBC and Disney."
As a marginalised genre these disturbing aspects of internet pornography are often ignored and shut down, despite the rate it is being consumed at. The violence of pornography on PornHub, simply reflects violence within our own social and gendered structures, but just more explicitly and less internalised. Here Ella explores the phenomena and controversy of pornography through icons such as Sasha Grey, Brooke Candy and Erika Lust.
Ella's visual works as an artistic reflection and expression of some theories and ideas raised within this dissertation.
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