This anthology takes the ever-controversial discussion ofpornography out of solely academic circles; it expands thequestions about porn that academics might tackle and opens theconversation to those who know it best--the creators and usersof porn.* Features essays on non-traditional issues in porn, includingcelebrity sex tapes, virtual sex, S&M, homosexual porn, andtechnology's impact on the porn industry* Features fascinating insights from psychologists, a lawyer, andan English professor, as well as industry insiders such as DylanRyder* A fun, entertaining, and philosophically provocative approachto pornography, written for the general reader

Acknowledgments (Dave Monroe).Foreword: Filling in the Cave (Gram Ponante).Dirty Mindedness: An Introduction to Porn - Philosophy forEveryone (Dave Monroe).Part I: Lights, Camera, Action!: Sundry SexyThoughts.1 The Jizz Biz and Quality of Life (Dylan Ryder andDave Monroe).2 Strange Bedfellows: The Interpenetration of Philosophy andPornography (Andrew Aberdein).Part II: The Pornographic Mind: Psychology and Porn.3 Yes. Yes! Yes!! What do Mona's Moans Tell us About her SexualPleasure? (Anne K. Gordon and Shane W. Kraus).4 Pornography as Simulation (Theodore Bach).5 Brothers' Milk: The Erotic and the Lethal In BarebackPornography (Casey McKittrick).Part III: Between the Sheets: Porn Ethics and PersonalRelationships.6 Strange Love, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Porn(Tait Szabo).7 Cheating with Jenna: Monogamy, Pornography and Erotica(Fiona Woollard).8 Celebrity Sex Tapes: A Contemporary Cautionary Tale (DarciDoll).Part IV: Talking Dirty: Legal Issues and Free Speech.9 One Man's Trash is another Man's Pleasure:Obscenity, Pornography, and the Law (Jacob M. Held).10 What's Wrong with Porn? (Mimi Marinucci).11 Bumper Stickers and Boobs: Why the Free Speech Argument forPorn Fails (J.K. Miles).Part V: The Art of Dirty: Porn and Aesthetic Value.12 The 'Fine Art' of Pornography? The ConflictBetween Artistic Value and Pornographic Value (ChristopherBartel).13 An Unholy Trinity: The Beautiful, The Romantic and The Vulgar(Lawrence Howe).14 The Problem with the Problem with Pornography (DavidRose).Part VI: Porn and Technology.15 Something for Everyone: Busty Latin Anal Nurses in Leatherand Glasses (Roger T. Pipe).16 Sex, Lies and Virtual Reality (Matthew Brophy).Part VII: Kink: Alternative Porn and BDSM.17 What Do Heterosexual Men Get Out of Consuming Girl-GirlPornography? (Chad Parkhill).18 Hit Me With Your Best Shot: The 'Violent'Controversy Surrounding SM Porn (Ummni Khan).19 Ruminations of a Dominatriz: An Interview with Mz. Berlin(Mz. Berlin and Dave Monroe).Appendix A: Notes on Contributors.