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After a wonderful introduction by @SinnamonLove, @DrMireille starts by saying that black sex workers "have a lot to teach academics about feminism." #HistoryofBlackWomenInPorn #DecolonizePorn #BIPOCAIC
"Black sex workers have been in the forefront of the sexual revolution...but they have hardly gotten the attention they deserve." @DrMireille
@DrMireille always starts with the assumption that Black women in the adult industry have agency. They are real people—not just photographs or objects.
(How lame do you have to be to zoom bomb a lecture about Black women in pornography with penises? Dude, that's not creative. It's not even shocking.)
Okay. We are back on track. Whew!
"There's a long history of Black women using sexuality in very daring ways. Josephine Baker is a case in point," says @DrMireille
At the Kinsey Institute, @DrMireille had to go through thousands of images to find images of Black women in porn, because the archives were not organized by race.
@DrMireille notes that it was really the collectors who proved to be so valuable to her research, because they had the visual images. #HistoryofBlackWomeninPorn #DecolonizePorn
@DrMireille is giving us a close reading of sexual images of Black women from the era of silent movies—their facial expressions, body positions, and their somewhat exaggerated movements. #HistoryofBlackWomeninPorn #DecolonizePorn
An anthropological fascination with Black bodies and images ends up becoming an excuse to consume Black bodies. - @DrMireille #HistoryofBlackWomeninPorn #DecolonizePorn #pornstudies
We're moving quickly through the 1960-1970s, with wonderful images of a Black Playboy Bunny and groundbreaking cover models. Porn in the 1970s was also "fascinated with the idea of the black soul." - @DrMireille #HistoryofBlackWomeninPorn #DecolonizePorn
The visual archive of Black women in pornography that @DrMireille is showcasing is truly breathtaking.
The images of Jeannie Pepper traveling around Europe and posing nude in front of historic sites are AMAZING. #HistoryofBlackWomeninPorn #DecolonizePorn
@DrMireille spends time discussing the labor, creativity and skill Black women bring to sex work. #HistoryofBlackWomeninPorn #DecolonizePorn
@DrMireille ends with an important discussion of Black female directors, including @ShineLouise @FeelmoreAdult Vanessa Blue, Diana DeVoe and others. #HistoryofBlackWomeninPorn #DecolonizePorn
Thank you, @DrMireille for sharing your wisdom and groundbreaking research on Black women in pornography tonight, and to @bipoc_aic for organizing this important and timely conversation. #HistoryofBlackWomeninPorn #DecolonizePorn
