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Sexuality: Annotated Bibliography

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Anything in relation to sexuality will always be controversial. There will always be different opinions, outcomes and even consequences towards sex related topics. I want to first investigate the key concepts and beneficial outcomes of the website by analyzing a three-way article review by Zoe Grimm, Kit Bangles and Karly Kingsley. These three women of the Vodka Press are known for their personal-oriented blogs and podcast who decided to personally experiment and critique MakeLoveNotPorn. “I applaud MLNP’s ideology, to be “of the people, by the people, and for the people who believe that the sex we have in our everyday life is the hottest sex there is.” We, meaning society as a whole, need that--we need to have the illusions and stereotypes …show more content…

Sometimes you bump your head on the headboard, sometimes you make a ridiculous looking "O" face, sometimes you can't get the darn condom on fast enough, sometimes you're too vocal or not enough, etc. All of those moments, no matter how awkward, silly, and imperfect... are beautiful. And with the advent of sites like MLNP.tv, maybe folks can stop holding unrealistic expectations and learn to love the #realworldsex they can and do have… that's also #realorgasmic. Aside from their issues with the term porn, MLNP also does not like to be classified as amateur or use the term amateur to describe their videos. I think the "amateur" argument boils down to semantics. MLNP believes that "amateur signifies that the pros do it better." But does it? I've always considered the amateur label to signify porn that's not filmed by professional videographers, that does not follow a script, and/or that does not pay its cast. Amateur doesn't have to be negative; but if that'show one wishes to interpret it, then to each his/her own” (Grimm, 2016). This first review by Zoe Grimm identifies an important issue on all the perceptions and definitions surrounding the word “amateur”. Amateur can be defined as nonprofessional, unskillful, dilettante or even incompetent but as Zoe mentions in her

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Words such as “pornifed”, “vulgar” and “barely there” are repeated by Devine to reiterate her point of the disgusting nature of popular fashion, and the negative effects it has on young, innocent girls. Subsequently, this positions the reader to agree with Devine and her opinion, by instilling a sense of disgust. Devine carefully crafts her arguments and focuses on a large demographic by implementing different age groups and points that would be relevant to them. As this article is published in the Sunday Herald it is most likely the target audience is older people, as they are likely to agree with her contention. Although interlaced in this article is emotive language that appeals to family values to gauge a large pool of interest.

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Cavalcante's The History Of Sexuality: Movie Analysis

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Michel Foucault's The History Of Sexuality

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