Ellie Holloway's Research Journal by Ellie Holloway https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7 Six Weeks Of Sex en-us 2020-11-13 10:00:56 UTC 2025-10-23 06:54:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a6.png WEEK 1 - Sex, P*rn, Erotica and Sleaze eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/919655065 Ideas From Week 1's Padlet that Interest Me and Why:

Mainstreaming of Sex: I find it very interesting how sex in films have
become more accepted over the years from films such as Fifty Shades of Grey (released in 2015) to Netflix's newest erotica film '365 Days' which was released this year.
Sex has definitely become more accepted than it has ever been before, which could be linked in with modern feminism and the LGBTQ+ community - giving sex a new meaning altogether.

Sexuality and Commodification:
I also find it interesting how the objectification of women is used mostly to sell sex, wether that be sex toys, sex dolls, anything related to sex basically! It can be seen as empowerment or the complete opposite, which is an argument that I also find very interesting. 

]]> 2020-11-13 10:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/919655065 Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/919696524 This film cover is far less 'raunchy' than the film cover for 365 Days.]]> 2020-11-13 10:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/919696524 365 Days (2020) eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/919698050 This cover is much more exposed and 'raunchy' than the cover for Fifty Shades. This cover definitely objectifies the woman more than the man as she is more ]]> 2020-11-13 10:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/919698050 Scheme of Work Topics I'm Interested In: eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/919721904 Let's Go Sex Shopping:
The consumption of sex, sex shops, sex and how it sells.

P*rn goes Mainstream/Art Goes P*rn:
Technologies and how they interact with sex, sex in films.

Sex and Fashion:
Women and how they get bashed for how they dress.

Objectification of Women in Porn]]> 2020-11-13 11:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/919721904 eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942332975 WEEK 1 - Pink
WEEK 2 - Blue
WEEK 3 - Yellow

Essay related - White]]> 2020-11-19 17:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942332975 WEEK 2 - Let's Go Sex Shopping! eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942391424 Coco de Mer

When I first opened Coco de Mer's website up I was shown an image of a woman named Julia Restoin Roitfeld, who after googling. is a French art director and model. If I were to view this website without the knowledge that it is in fact a sex shop I would've initially thought it to be bra shop, so the homepage itself doesn't show anything that could be viewed as 'challenging'. However, looking more closely at the website's sidebar you can see sections such as 'Bondage' and 'Toys', so it is very discrete. Personally, I think Coco de Mer's layout is very classy and feminine, so you can conclude that their demographic is directed towards more older women - which could also explain the website's need to be discrete. ]]> 2020-11-19 17:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942391424 WEEK 2 - Let's Go Sex Shopping! eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942475449 Coco de Mer

Coco de Mer's website uses earthy tones, brown, light brown and gold, colours you would likely see on a chocolate shop's website. The colours, in my opinion, are expensive and elegant, meaning this is most likely a luxury brand and therefore going to sell expensive products. There's no vulgar sex language displayed on the website either. ]]> 2020-11-19 17:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942475449 WEEK 2 - Let's Go Sex Shopping! eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942575686 Coco de Mer

From browsing Coco de Mer's line of products, I found that they're highly expensive, with some products costing over £400 - which tells me that this is a very luxury brand. This shows me that Coco de Mer's idea of sex is expensive, luxurious and elegant. 

In terms of how they view sexuality, Coco de Mer is very feminine, and quite clearly supports feminism and the idea of women being in charge of their own sexuality, which can be seen in the image below. ]]> 2020-11-19 17:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942575686 WEEK 2 - Let's Go Sex Shopping! eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942699512 Coco de Mer

The 'Crystal Delights Mini Faux Fur Red Fox Tail Plug' retails for £120. It is 'Suitable for beginner and advanced pleasure-seekers alike' and is used for 'realistic fox play'. Personally, I have never heard of 'fox play', but it shows that Coco De Mer offers a wide range of products for consumers to try out, and is supportive of people exploring their sexuality and having fun with it.
The description says: 'Crystal Delights began as a virtual company, selling virtual adult toys in Second Life. Today they produce beautiful ‘adult glass art’ for real-world customers, hand-crafted using only the finest materials.']]> 2020-11-19 18:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942699512 WEEK 1 - Sex, P*rn, Erotica and Sleaze eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942706213 Ideas From Week 1's Padlet that Interest Me and Why:

Objectification:
The difference between female objectification and male objectification. Why is it wrong to objectify women and okay to objectify men? Look at films such as Magic Mike. ]]> 2020-11-19 18:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942706213 WEEK 2 - Let's Go Sex Shopping! eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942814442 Coco de Mer

The consumers for Coco de Mer would consist of people (mainly women) who have quite a bit of money to spend and are wanting to invest in a website that prides themselves on being discrete.

From just browsing the site alone, I would've thought that Coco de Mer's demographic was mostly women, and in their website's description it states that 'We are a proudly inclusive brand, welcoming women and men who care about female pleasure and its mutual appreciation.']]> 2020-11-19 18:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942814442 WEEK 3 - P*rn Goes Mainstream/Art Goes P*rn eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942927147
What is Meant by The Mainstreaming of Sexuality?

Mainstreaming of sexuality refers to sex and sexuality becoming more favoured in art, films, and other forms of media. Obviously sex and sexuality hasn't always been accepted within society, so over the last few decades, what with lots of art, films, and more normalising sex and sexuality, it is becoming more mainstream.]]> 2020-11-19 18:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/942927147 WEEK 3 - P*rn Goes Mainstream/Art goes P*rn eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/943165635 Excerpt from Striptease Culture by Brian McNair p.87

The emergence of porno-chic in 1990s popular culture reflected a broad public interest in the pornographic which it was in the economic interests of an increasingly commercialised and competitive media to satisfy. Porno-chic was (and continues to be) a further stage in the commodification of sex and the extension of sexual consumerism to a broader mass of the population than have previously had access to it. Unless one subscribes to the religious notion of sex as sacred, however, and the notion that commodification is by its nature ‘theft ‘it is not self-evident this is always and everywhere a bad thing.
 
Porno-chic has on occasion been tacky, often humorous, sometimes deeply serious.  Some ‘serious’ explorations of pornography have been the cover for the straightforwardly competitive tactic of putting tits on television (rarely dicks).  Others, to their credit, have presented to the public gaze opinions and sexualities rarely, if ever, granted visibility in mainstream culture before.  Like the expansion of the pornosphere itself, porno-chic would not have happened in the absence of popular demand for access to and participation in sexual discourse.  Porno-chic has been the occasion for important public debate around issues like censorship and sexual identity.  From Koons to Madonna to Paul Thomas Anderson it has also inspired some art, popular and avant-garde of great originality and power.  Porno- chic from that perspective, might be viewed as an index of the sexual maturation of contemporary capitalist societies, rather than a measure of their degeneration into sleaze.  Blanket criticism of porno-chic as ‘barren titillation’ or sexploitation arises from the application of a set of elite aesthetic criteria for evaluation the public sphere which, as the popularity and ubiquity of porno-chic shows, are no longer shared (if they ever were) by audiences as a whole.
]]> 2020-11-19 19:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/943165635 Week 3 - P*rn Goes Mainstream/Art Goes P*rn eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/943173193 After researching, I found that this word didn't have a proper definition, and I had to use urban dictionary to find out what it meant. 'Porno-chic' is a word used to describe someone who is seen as 'trashy' but classy at the same time. ]]> 2020-11-19 19:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/943173193 Possible Essay Titles eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/944738050 - 'What can the objectification of men in p*rn tell us about equality?'

- 'The difference between male objectification and female objectification in p*rn.'

- 'How has porn defined female empowerment in ?'

]]> 2020-11-20 09:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/944738050 eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/1008159095 Final Essay Question

'How Has Digital Porn Shaped Female Objectification into Female Empowerment in the Last 5 Years?']]> 2020-12-10 21:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/1008159095 Essay Plan eholloway8 https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/1008173274
Introduction: 300 words.

Section 1: 700 words, focuses on the objectification of females in general and in digital porn. 

Section 2: 700 words, focuses on how the objectification of women has been shaped into empowerment for women.

Conclusion: 300 words. ]]> 2020-12-10 21:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/eholloway8/naq4hausfw3shpc7/wish/1008173274