Audiovisual Essay: Pornification and the Aesthetics of Sex on HBO's Girls from press sex scenes Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 4 min 93 sec
✓ Published: 11-Jun-2018

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AUDIOVISUAL ESSAY:nPORNIFICATION AND THE AESTHETICS OF SEX ON HBO’S GIRLSnnAuthor’s Note:nPornification describes the politics and aesthetics of porn which is mirrored and actively influences every aspect of culture, especially media text but also everyday life. It is a moving object and as David Simon, the creator of TV dramas such as The Wire and The Deuce, stated, “even if you’re not consuming pornography, you’re consuming its logic” (as cited in Smith 2017, n.p.). Porn aesthetics