Sex in the age of digital desire
The proliferation of online pornography has degraded the way we view our bodies and relationships.
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The danger of deepfakes goes far beyond Taylor Swift
Why has it taken an attack on a global star for politicians and regulators to get serious about protecting women…
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Can Camille Paglia save porn?
The writer can help us find a new language of desire.
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What HBO’s The Idol teaches us about porn
Its transgressive sex scenes are designed to get viewers off, go viral – and would never have been created by…
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Where are all the good books on sex?
Polly Barton’s “oral history” of porn shows the myopia of cultural criticism drawn from personal experience. We desperately need a…
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Netflix doesn’t understand why people watch porn
The documentary Moneyshot grapples with the adult industry’s biggest problems – but not those who consume its content.
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AI porn will never be sexy
Machine-generated erotica lacks a human touch.
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The tasteless, dangerous rise of charity porn content
YouTubers such as MrBeast are giving away millions in exploitative videos that spread the hollow gospel of “effective altruism”.
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There’s no point pretending we can stop teenagers watching porn
The question is how to respond. What does it say about sex education if no one is explaining to boys…
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Ninja Thyberg: “Instead of trying to erase the bad porn, I was like, ‘We need to do good porn!’”
The Swedish director of Pleasure was an anti-porn activist – until she saw how sex workers valued their “erotic capital”.
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Porn has bigger problems than teenagers watching it
The government's age verification rules would never work and would penalise smaller, more ethical creators most.
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