TStimonies: transforming pornographies into historiographies by Anna B. Volk...
Testimonies are held up as exemplar forms of live that have resisted or transcended the strong arm of domination. - George Yudice What happens when porn becomes political...
View ArticleWritten on the body
The roof flew from over my house – I have a house in the mountains – and I had to rush there and try to beat the rain. And while I was moving books around, I came across something I wrote when I was...
View ArticleOn Brazilian porn by Anna B. Volk 8.2.12
On Brazilian porn (part 1) Many thanks to Christian Madsen, without whom this article would still be a draft. If you are a woman, just mutter the words “I am Brazilian” and watch as heads turn and...
View ArticleFifty Shades by porn scholar by Anna B. Volk 8.18.12
‘‘Now punish me!’ she said, turning up her eyes to him with the hopeless defiance of the sparrow’s gaze before its captor twists its neck. ‘Whip me, crush me;...
View ArticleDear daddy: love, a porn scholar. by Anna B. Volk 8.28.12
This is an open letter I wrote to my father. As an academic himself, he is able to understand my work; as a father, he debates over whether his only daughter should be dealing with “pornography” at...
View ArticleGraham Travis’ Wasteland: the ultimate silence by Anna B. Volk 9.21.12
Poi s’ascose nel foco che gli affina. Then he hid himself in the fire that purifies them. - Dante’s Purgatorio, Canto XXVI 148 One can never approach a wasteland with enough caution. The barren and...
View ArticleElegant Angels’ Dare (2012): an invitation
The controversy surrounding Elegant Angel’s release Dare (2012) seems to center around Dani Daniels’ crossing towards boy/girl pornography. The film has raised debates which cover areas such as the...
View ArticleBy Anna B. Volk
Last month I noticed how much I talk about pornography when a friend complained about the monochromatic tone of my conversations: “Not everything is about sex”, she said. And she was right. Not...
View ArticleReview: Rock Candy’s “His Mother’s Lover” by Anna B Volk
A bene placito. For your pleasure. The introduction to Nica Noelle’s gay studio debut could not have been more pertinent. Set in 1930s Britain, His mother’s lover (Rock Candy Films, 2012) approaches...
View ArticleWhy I have been MIA – and other porn stuff…. Anna B Volk
It has been nearly three months since I last updated this site, but apart from the whole end-of-the-year shenanigans I have very, very good excuses. This pornscholar left her computer – and her country...
View ArticleA review of Mich Masoch’s “Lina & Nate Series” by Anna B Volk
In times of literary pseudo-erotic nonsense, when the concepts of bondage, SM and discipline are being sold to be lightly consumed as the newest sexual fad, one could be easily tempted into believing...
View ArticleA letter to that son
A letter to that son, still about porn Dear boy, I read the letter your mother sent you regarding porn, and I am using the fact she made it public to write to you just to give you a broader perspective...
View ArticleAdidas dreams about Brazilian sex… all day by Dr. Anna Volk
This week, two of the t-shirts presented by Adidas were removed from the market for promoting sexual tourism in the country which will host the World Cup, or at least for corroborating with the idea...
View ArticleMy own parenthesis on Nymph()maniac
Imagine a film in which everything is supposed to be explicit and, yet, the most implicit thing is its intention: a story will be explicitly narrated and explicitly emptied of moral judgment. This...
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