#2 I Watch Porn

Internet porn. We’ve all seen it. It’s popular and loved. And yet, for fairly obvious reasons, it’s also reviled for its misogyny, as something that perpetuates cycles of violence against women. In this episode, we wade into the murky waters of sexual fantasy. In part one, we hear from a sociologist who went into men's homes and watched their porn. In part two, we try a different approach - we hear from porn users themselves. In this electronic opera, porn users interact with pundits and music in an amalgam of sounds composed to form a larger conversation about porn. Credits: Special thanks to Alex Klein, Florian Voros, and Derek Wilson for speaking with me on tape. To read the full letters from Susannah Breslin’s project, "Letters from Men who Watch Pornography," go to: http://lettersfromwatchers.blogspot.com/ Also, thank you to all the readers who volunteered their voices: Brandon Pascal, Cliff Casablancas, Ken Look, Christopher Rhodes, Rachel Rhodes, Gregory Palena, Anthony Corey Chan, Ryan Hardiman, Nick Koch, Tony Ta, Shoshana Walter, Alan Walter, Nihal Oztek, and Simon Lam. Music licensed under Creative Commons: Minden - On Assignment http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Minden/Instrumentals_1967/On_Assignment_Instrumental Josh Spacek - Gotta Keep Moving http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Losers/Start_Over/Gotta_Keep_Moving Super Sigil - Bohemia Groove http://ccmixter.org/files/Super_Sigil/41167 Chris Zabriskie - Readers! Do you Read? http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Reappear/02_-_Readers_Do_You_Read Podington Bear - Lleb http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Marimba_Vibraphone_Chimes__Bells/Lleb Kevin MacLeod - Club Driver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhsrR_uvJ7M Kevin MacLeod - Cut and Run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1mVzSlddPo Kevin MacLeod - Lightless Dawn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E5uY08HThc Morgantj - Granular Erotic 1 http://ccmixter.org/files/morgantj/21123 Morgantj - Granular Erotic 2 http://ccmixter.org/files/morgantj/21125 Williamberry - Beepish 1 http://ccmixter.org/files/williamberry/5987 Williamberry - Beepish 2 http://ccmixter.org/files/williamberry/5988 Williamberry - Time to Take out the Trash http://ccmixter.org/files/williamberry/6855 Nelas - Backnoise http://ccmixter.org/files/NeLaS/8026 Kentbye - Group Om http://ccmixter.org/files/kentbye/8981 PorchCat - Nym Junglist Drums http://ccmixter.org/files/PorchCat/5252 Tonux_gix - Turbulence http://ccmixter.org/files/tonux_gix/48835 Arcadian Burn - Killa Beat no link Fourstones - Hip Hop Etude http://ccmixter.org/files/victor/8453 Djolliej - Don’t Run on Drugs http://ccmixter.org/files/djolliej/33710 Scottaltham - Slap a Lard Ass http://ccmixter.org/files/scottaltham/19319 My Free Mickey - First Place http://ccmixter.org/files/myfreemickey/44325 Stellarartwars - Love Liberation http://ccmixter.org/files/stellarartwars/43500 Soundeffectsfactory - FM Radio Tuning #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzBq5faeoKY Update: No, you're not going crazy. Man-ish (formerly Mannish) got a hyphen. It better captures what the show is about (the social construction of masculinity).