pornography or erotics?

By saying, “But pornography is a direct denial of the power of the erotic, for it represents the suppression of true feeling. Pornography emphasizes sensation without feeling”, Lorde (1989) [...]

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two readings on pornography

Here are two readings listed in a MIT course:
Dworkin, Andrea. “Pornography Happens to Women.” Speech presented at Speech, Equality and Harm: Feminist Legal Perspectives on Pornography and Hate Propaganda. University of Chicago Law School, March 6, 1993.
McElroy, Wendy. “Banning Pornography Endangers Women.” International Society for Individual Liberty pamphlet.

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Sexualization&Gender_Readings_(2)

1.Gill, R. 2003, ‘From Sexual Objectification to Sexual Subjectification:
The Resexualisation of Women’s Bodies in the Media”, *Feminist Media
Studies*, vol. 3, no. 1,* *pp. 100–106.
*The article begins at the second page aka p100*
*On this matter, we can also refer to another book:*
—- Bodies Imaged Women, Self-objectification and Subjectification. By Robinson, Shelagh 2004
2.Schein, L. 1994, ‘The Consumption [...]

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Sexualization&Gender_Readings_(1)

Attwood, Feona. 2006. Sexed up: Theorizing the Sexualization of Culture. Sexualities. 9(1): 77-94.
Edwards, Louise. 2000. Policing the modern women in Republican China. Modern China. 26(2): 115-147.
Eggins, Suzanne & Iedema, Rick. 1997. Difference without Diversity: Semantic Orientation and Ideology in Competing Women’s Magazines. in Wodak, Ruth(ed.). 1997. Gender and Discourse. London: Sage Publication.
Holland, Patricia. 1998, [...]

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