JG Ballard “Introduction to the French Edition of Crash!” (1974)

JG Ballard’s Introduction to the French Edition of Crash Introduction to the French Edition of Crash by J.G. Ballard, 1974 The marriage of reason and nightmare which has dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous world. Across the communications landscape move the specters of sinister technologies and the dreams that […]

Some Problems with Linda Williams’ “Hard-Core Eroticism”

Some Problems with Linda Williams’ “Hard-Core Eroticism” We are all lucky that we have feminist theorists like Linda Williams pioneering the field of Porn Studies. Without her work, it would be impossible for me (and so many others) to do much of what we do in our classes. Williams’ reading of Oshima’s In the Realm of the Senses, […]