I can recommend the following which I taught this year:


New Media & Society, Vol. 9, No. 4, 577-602 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807080326


    Feminist sexualities, race and the internet: an investigation of
    suicidegirls.com

* Shoshana Magnet *

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, [log in to unmask] 
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This article analyzes representations of feminism and sexuality^ on 
Suicide Girls (www.suicidegirls.com), a commercial site which^ features 
the online journals, profiles and nude photographs^ of young, heavily 
tattooed, punk women. It highlights the ways^ in which this site 
attempts to subvert the male gaze by changing^ contemporary photographic 
practices. It also interrogates the^ way in which the feminist potential 
of this site remains constrained^ by its inclusion of only a limited 
number of women of colour^ and only as a marketing `strategy' of 
diversity. It argues that^ rather than a critical race feminist 
commitment to inclusivity^ and structural change, this strategy of 
`diversity' is reflective^ of the internet tenet which holds that 
`content diversity is^ good business'. Thus, it concludes that rather 
than a feminist^ site which operates in the hope of broadening 
understandings^ of female sexuality, this site prioritizes profit to the 
detriment^ of feminist content.^

*Key Words:* commodification • cyberfeminism • cybersex • race



Shay Welch wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Can anyone suggest readings for a philosophy course that discusses the 
> role/influence of race in pornography and sex?
>
> Shay Welch

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