Amy Demidow MRes

"Porn is a luxury item. If you discover content that speaks to your sexuality and pleasure, the price is worth it." I answered some Q's for @InsideHook about watching porn, ethically. Lots of good info from adult industry performers. #PornStudies

Pornhub just announced huge changes: a.) allow uploads only from verified users; b.) no downloads; c.) improvements in moderation. Initial take: A great deal depends on how responsibly Pornhub implements these, and it hasn't earned my trust at all, but these seem significant.

I don't wanna sound "academic," I wanna be accessible.

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And THE LABELS. This is not an "interracial threesome" @pornhub this is Valentin, Pierre & Catalina a beautiful XConfessions film by #BruceLaBruce with beautiful PEOPLE- stop fetishising everything and allowing this!

Will be tuning in to this live stream today in hopes of getting some research inspo!

RT @JustinLehmiller: Several large studies find that most of the paraphilias (i.e., "unusual" sexual interests) listed in the DSM are much more common in the general population than previously assumed. ow.ly/OdpG50xZW8m

Any other porn researchers get these kind of spam emails or is it just me?

It serves as yet ANOTHER reminder of why researching such topics is so important in fighting the stigma surrounding sex and everything to do with it!

So it appears that my account had been reported and temporarily suspended over the weekend? Considering I haven't said THAT much on here regarding my research, people must just really hate porn researchers that much huh?

'The Money Shot:' How Porn Made Cum So Valuable -- A history of the "money shot" and where we're headed from here. @motherboard @samleecole vice.com/en/article/bv8…

and lastly, a seminar by Critical Sexology on their 20th anniversary! Again.... for FREE! criticalsexology.org.uk/forthcoming-se…

Also for FREE, is a zoom with the author of "How to have feminist sex", Flo Perry. It's only an hour session but I'm really excited to hear Flo's motivation behind writing this funny guide with such amazing illustrations littered throughout! See below: eventbrite.com/e/meet-the-aut…

So although it's lockdown and it's probably going to be a boring month or more, I have a lot of "academic" Zoom events to look forward to

From @womenwhotech on @Facebook: this is the battle I @makelovenotporn and my fellow @WomenofSextech fight every day. Shame on you @mailchimp for prohibiting open healthy sex education and sexual wellness products that are so badly needed (and thanks @Sendgrid who don't) #sextech

SO excited to read this and get some inspiration for my own research!

I think i can guess how those results will end up looking 😂😂

Having studied linguistics at A Level im super excited to most likely put together a database which analyses the words used in PornHub's video titles. I will look to see what words come up most often to describe the women in the videos and the acts done to them.

Yesterday I was taught about digital humanities for the first time and how I could use these in my research. At first it didnt seem like something i could use but upon reflection it is definitely something i will make use of