I saw this tweeted by Tristan Taormino, and I'm passing it along because a) there's an affiliation with my Alma Mater and b) Tristan Taormino is a superhero. The following is taken with permission from
http://thefeministpornbook.com/2012/11/14/hello-world/:
We are pleased to announce a Call for Papers and Presentations for The Feminist Porn Conference
About The Conference
The Feminist Porn Conference will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2013
at the University of Toronto as part of the 2013 Feminist Porn Awards.
Feminists have been debating, studying, and creating pornography for
decades, and the transformation of feminism, sexual politics, porn, and
popular culture over the last decade has broadened the dialogue on this
provocative topic. With the resurgence of anti-pornography feminist
scholarship by Sheila Jeffries, Gail Dines, Pamela Paul, Robert Jensen,
and others, the time has come to hear from progressive, anti-censorship,
sex positive, and sex worker feminist voices.
This one day conference will bring together academics, cultural
critics, sex workers, activists, fans, and producers to explore the
intersections between feminism and pornography as well as the emergence
of feminist porn as a genre, industry, and movement. It will be a part
of The Good for Her Feminist Porn Awards, one of the largest gatherings
of feminist pornographers in the world. We seek to raise awareness, pose
critical questions, and incite dialogue about the shifting landscape of
pornography and what roles we can play in it.
How has a new generation of people in the porn industry–who openly
identify as feminist and own their own companies, direct and produce
their own material, and/or take on politicized identities as sex worker
performers–changed the way porn in produced and consumed? What does it
mean to be a feminist who performs in, makes, distributes, and/or
consumes porn? Are women and feminists working within or against the
status quo? How have representations of the female body, gender, and
sexuality shifted as a result of feminists and women making porn? How
are marginalized women—including women of color, queer and trans women,
disabled women, lower and working class women, fat women, and older
women—imagined, represented, or marginalized in pornography? How are
femininities and masculinities re-imagined in feminist porn? How do
performers of color and minority performers address misogyny, racism,
and inequality as workers in a predominantly white, male-dominated
industry?
Call for Papers and Presentations
Deadline January 4, 2013
We welcome academics, scholars, researchers, students, activists,
past and present sex workers, and others to submit proposals to present
at the conference. We welcome scholars from different disciplines
(including feminist studies, gender and sexuality studies, ethnic
studies, film and media studies, sociology, and history). We are seeking
proposals for individual papers, panels, or workshops on these broad
themes investigated within the context of race, class, gender, and
sexuality:
- historical studies of pornography
- the anti-porn feminist resurgence
- representations of female pleasure and desire
- concepts of desire, authenticity, and fantasy
- LGBT, queer, genderqueer, and transgender pornographies
- BDSM, fetish, kink, and rough sex on film
- porn, sex work, labor rights, and equality
- HIV/AIDS, STIs, and safer sex
- the politics of porn
- DIY pornographies, new technologies, internet economies
- watching porn: viewership and fandom
- constructions of ability, beauty, desirability, and body size
- sex education in porn
- feminist porn as genre, industry, or movement
- practical, how-to workshops for performers, directors, and producers
Guidelines for Submission
Individual Papers: Submit an abstract of 350 words, a short bio, and contact information.
Panels: Panel coordinators should submit a 200-word rationale for the
panel as whole. For each contributor, please submit a short bio and
contact information. Panels should have three to four presenters and a
moderator.
Workshops: Submit a workshop description, format, goals, presenter’s bio, and contact information.
Send proposals to: feministpornstudies at gmail.com, Subject Line: FP Conference
