Bound to Capitalism: The Pursuit of Profit and Pleasure in Digital Pornography

Authors

Jennifer Miller

Abstract

This paper explores digital pornography dialectically through a case study of Kink.com, an online BDSM subscription service. It considers the tension between discourses of authenticity that seek to obscure profit motive and shifts in content prompted by market considerations.

Author Biography

Jennifer Miller, University of Texas at Arlington

Jennifer Miller is an interdisciplinary scholar and cultural theorist who researches children's picture books. She has published in the Journal of Homosexuality, the edited collection Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between, and is currently working on a book length project under contract with the University Press of Mississippi.

Recommended Citation

Miller, Jennifer (2019) "Bound to Capitalism: The Pursuit of Profit and Pleasure in Digital Pornography," Fast Capitalism: Vol. 16: Iss. 2, Article 14.
DOI: 10.32855/1930-014X.1276
Available at: https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/fastcapitalism/vol16/iss2/14