I am so excited to announce – my first book is coming!! Here’s some press about Exposure (coming 7.7.15 and pre-selling NOW) Exposure: A Sociologist Explores Sex, Society, and Adult Entertainment Now Available for Pre-Order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble! LOS ANGELES (February 4, 2015) – Sociologist Dr. Chauntelle
I recently read a piece by William Bibbiani on Crave, which addressed the question: “Why doesn’t pornography get more appreciation as an art form?” (1/23/15). I was excited to read the piece, as I had asked myself that very same question when I was working on my dissertation research in graduate
I recently got to deliver the FASTEST 30-minute seminar ever at LA’s Sexual Health Expo (SHE)… (the presenter who went before me went way over time, so I had to condense my talk + Q&A to just 21 minutes – I was timing it haha o_0) According to SHE’s press
I just got home after six long nights at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, which can only mean one thing – another cycle of AVN Awards have come and gone. The 2015 AVN Awards, hosted by Alexis Texas and “Tomy Pistol” (as was announced by a fantabulous typo on
I recently got to talk bromances, masculinity, heteronormativity, sex, and more on Houston’s “Just Guy Talk” radio program. It was a super fun conversation and great to have a serious-yet-fun chat about stuff that exists in the world… even if that stuff isn’t for everyone! Have a listen below, and
If you read my January column for UPROXX, you know I got the honor of speaking with Girlfriends Films Founder Dan O’Connell about episodic adult film content (among many other things). But because of space, I had to cut some of the interview. Following is our conversation in full, for your
For a price, you can exchange text messages with somebody you’ve never met, and never will. Is it a rip-off, or a cure for loneliness? When people talk about technology’s impact on social interaction, they usually focus on one of two extremes: technology is either allowing us to communicate more effectively,
“A lot of it has to do with different media and the way we think about sex and the performance of sex… People’s performance of [commercial porn sex] makes us uncomfortable, because it’s an industry situated around this idea and practice that we, as a culture, aren’t comfortable with to begin
When watching Hollywood films, our ability to distinguish fantasy from reality is assumed. No one is ever wearing seatbelts, leaping between high-rise buildings is totally possible, and safer sex practices are almost never mentioned. And if we leave the multiplex without buckling up, blaming Dominic Toretto isn’t going to fly.
I recently did a great interview with NextShark.com. We talked porn stereotypes, workplace harassment, and women in porn (and “and porn”). It’s a great in-depth piece I’m certain you will love. Here’s my power quote: “Porn is an artifact of unequal [social] arrangements, not the architect.” #boom Enjoy! * *