Porn Studies
Idaho Conservatives Rally Against Porn Literacy Classes After National Panic Campaign
After a national moral panic campaign by right-wing blogs and social media accounts, Idaho conservatives are pressuring public officials to suspend porn literacy classes being offered as part of the state’s sex education programs.
Utah College Instructor Defends 'Porn Studies' Course
The Utah college instructor at the center of a controversy stoked by conservative watchdog website Campus Reform spoke to local media, defending her elective film course on the phenomenon of pornography.
XBIZ News Editor Speaks at UC Santa Barbara on 'War on Porn'
XBIZ News Editor Gustavo Turner spoke yesterday about the “War on Porn” as part of professor Constance Penley’s film and media studies class on pornography at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Utah College Porn Studies Class Challenged by Conservatives
Conservative watchdog website Campus Reform is conducting a shaming campaign against a small liberal arts college in Utah that scheduled an elective film course analyzing the phenomenon of pornography.
SWERFs Shut Down Porn Studies Course Over Queer Performer Photo
One of Spain's oldest and most prestigious universities, the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, has cancelled an academic seminar on porn studies under pressure from sex work abolitionist groups and SWERFs objecting to the image used to advertise it to students.
Concept of 'Porn Addiction' Based on Pseudoscience, Paper Says
A new paper published last week in Porn Studies, the peer-reviewed academic journal, surmises that the concept of "porn addiction" is based not on evidence but on pseudoscience.
Porn Studies Releases Special Issue on Porn and Labor
Porn Studies, the Routledge-published scholarly journal on the effects of cultural and historical porn, has released “Porn Labor.”
New Book Seeks to Advance Field of Porn Studies
Lynn Comella told XBIZ “New Views on Pornography: Sexuality, Politics, and the Law” comes at an “opportune” time for the field of porn studies.
Scholarly 'Porn Studies' Journal Bows
“Porn Studies,” a Routledge-published scholarly journal studying the effects of cultural and historical porn, quietly debuted today and is now available for free online.
XBIZ EU to Host Controversial 'Porn Studies' Session
XBIZ is pleased to announce the addition of a special “Porn Studies” session to the XBIZ EU lineup, slated for Sept. 24 from 3-3:50 p.m.
Chauntelle Tibbals Discusses Porn Studies in Slate Magazine
Sociologist Dr. Chauntelle Tibbals sat down to speak with Slate reporter Amanda Hess about the difficulties of studying porn in a respectable, non-Hugo Schwyzer type of way.
Routledge's 'Porn Studies' Journal Under Attack
The feminist antiporn group Stop Porn Culture has sponsored a petition on iPetitions.com in an attempt to change the editorial board and title of Routledge’s forthcoming white-paper publication, “Porn Studies.”
Scholarly 'Porn Studies' Journal to Bow in 2014
A scholarly journal studying the effects of cultural and historical porn will make its debut in the spring of 2014.
Porn Studies 101
Boston University students eager to get a jump on the college-dating scene have more than just the freshman face book waiting for them as they arrive on campus. This fall, they'll also have Boink, one of the nation's first student-produced porn magazines.