sexuality

Challenging sexual objectification through 100 vulvas

Paper
Mijke Akkermans
15/01/2020
13 minutes to read

This paper addresses the phenomenon of women's sexual objectification in contemporary society, explored through Dodsworth's feminist artistic project and documentary 100 Vaginas (2019) and informed by Nussbaum's sexual objectification theory.

The readable body of Trisha Paytas

Article
Egle Talandyte
24/04/2019
10 minutes to read

This paper uses the Foucauldian theoretical framework to analyze the online visual display of the (morphing) body of Trisha Paytas. 

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Tumblr's ban of pornographic content

Article
Federica Morgandi
12/01/2019
11 minutes to read

Why does Tumblr have a new policy to ban all adult content? The general response of users is not positive, and this article will explore the reasons behind the decision, as well as the issue of content moderation that many platforms are facing

How can we explain our online identities?

Article
Jady van Leusden
24/04/2018
17 minutes to read

This article explains the construction of online identities and images of the body with the help of theories by Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault.