![]() ![]() At the same time, the mainstream has never been a particularly clear point of reference and it is even more difficult to pin down and identify in the context of contemporary online porn: on the one hand, the mainstream is ubiquitous and rather elusive, on the other. The denominator “alt” refers to subcultural identifications, body styles and aesthetics that become marked as such against the bulk of mainstream pornography. 1992) yet gained broader attention with web sites such as Gothic Sluts (launched in 1999), Suicide Girls (2001) and Burning Angel (2002). Alt porn involving the display of non-standard subcultural styles began circulating in print in the early 1990s (e.g. Alt and indie porn have been seen to counter “porn industry’s images, ethics, and business practices” (Mies, 2006) and therefore to alter the landscape of the pornographic as we have come to know it. ![]() ![]() While some critics might identify them as white-washing pornography as socially acceptable and hip without challenging its basic tenets, the most visible framing has been a much more positive one. Since the 1990s, both journalists and scholars have greeted the accumulation of pornographies deemed alternative to the mainstream on online platforms with notable enthusiasm. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |