L Karaian
Biographic Data
| ID | 51691 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Karaian |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Karaian |
| SIGNATURE | KARAIAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4296-062X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sex robot brothels
Plastic fantastic
This article provides an interdisciplinary and intersectional analysis of sex robots and/as sexual fantasy. I demonstrate that sexual fantasy is a highly complex and salient vector of analysis for any discussion of love and sex with robots. First, I introduce contemporary North American sex robots and offer a brief sketch of their ontology as relates to sex toys and pornography. Next, I provide a short but instructive mapping of sexual fantasy sc…
New Technology, Same Old Stigma
Relative Lust
This article explores the intimate relationship between the body, sexuality, technology, popular culture, and incest law. I examine the nature, meaning, and affective resonances of representations of consensual incest, “accidental incest,” and “technology facilitated accidental incest” in popular culture, pornography, and public service announcements. Drawing on a pastiche of affect theory; cultural and media studies theories of human-technologic…
Mulholland, Monique, Young People and Pornography
I t's in an episode of the United States of Tara, that T says: "Let's go buy revealing clothes that make us look insecure"-a line which simultaneously subverts adults' claims to know "the" meaning of teens' expressive practices and reveals adults' fears about the influences of porn on children.In Young People and Pornography: Negotiating Pornification, Mulholland examines the panic about "pornification"; the ways in which the explicit and the ill…
Policing ‘sexting’
This article examines the motivations, techniques and potential consequences of the governance of teenage sexting. I examine the over-representation of white, middle-class, heterosexual, female sexters, and abstinence from sexting discourses in the ‘Respect Yourself’ child protection/crime prevention initiative. This campaign, I suggest, exploits slut shaming in an effort to responsibilize teenage girls for preventing the purported harms that may…
Pregnant Men
This article argues that a critical re(conceive)ing of sex and pregnancy is required in law. Drawing on the dual meaning of conceive – ‘to become pregnant’ and ‘to imagine, or form a mental representation of’, the goal of this article is to better ensure that pregnant men and trans individuals are not denied their reproductive rights, the legal recognition of their gender identities, and the protections of pregnancy discrimination law. Here, I su…
Lolita speaks
Recently, national and local media across North America have warned against the risks of ‘sexting’ – the practice of sending, posting or possessing sexually suggestive text messages and images via cell phones or the Internet. In response to this phenomenon, Pennsylvania District Attorney Skumanick threatened to bring child pornography charges against teenagers who had been caught sexting and who refused to attend a gender-based ‘re-education’ pro…
Policing ‘sexting’
This article examines the motivations, techniques and potential consequences of the governance of teenage sexting. I examine the over-representation of white, middle-class, heterosexual, female sexters, and abstinence from sexting discourses in the ‘Respect Yourself’ child protection/crime prevention initiative. This campaign, I suggest, exploits slut shaming in an effort to responsibilize teenage girls for preventing the purported harms that may…
Lolita speaks
Recently, national and local media across North America have warned against the risks of ‘sexting’ – the practice of sending, posting or possessing sexually suggestive text messages and images via cell phones or the Internet. In response to this phenomenon, Pennsylvania District Attorney Skumanick threatened to bring child pornography charges against teenagers who had been caught sexting and who refused to attend a gender-based ‘re-education’ pro…
Pregnant Men
This article argues that a critical re(conceive)ing of sex and pregnancy is required in law. Drawing on the dual meaning of conceive – ‘to become pregnant’ and ‘to imagine, or form a mental representation of’, the goal of this article is to better ensure that pregnant men and trans individuals are not denied their reproductive rights, the legal recognition of their gender identities, and the protections of pregnancy discrimination law. Here, I su…
New Technology, Same Old Stigma
Relative Lust
This article explores the intimate relationship between the body, sexuality, technology, popular culture, and incest law. I examine the nature, meaning, and affective resonances of representations of consensual incest, “accidental incest,” and “technology facilitated accidental incest” in popular culture, pornography, and public service announcements. Drawing on a pastiche of affect theory; cultural and media studies theories of human-technologic…
Lolita speaks
Recently, national and local media across North America have warned against the risks of ‘sexting’ – the practice of sending, posting or possessing sexually suggestive text messages and images via cell phones or the Internet. In response to this phenomenon, Pennsylvania District Attorney Skumanick threatened to bring child pornography charges against teenagers who had been caught sexting and who refused to attend a gender-based ‘re-education’ pro…
Policing ‘sexting’
This article examines the motivations, techniques and potential consequences of the governance of teenage sexting. I examine the over-representation of white, middle-class, heterosexual, female sexters, and abstinence from sexting discourses in the ‘Respect Yourself’ child protection/crime prevention initiative. This campaign, I suggest, exploits slut shaming in an effort to responsibilize teenage girls for preventing the purported harms that may…
Pregnant Men
This article argues that a critical re(conceive)ing of sex and pregnancy is required in law. Drawing on the dual meaning of conceive – ‘to become pregnant’ and ‘to imagine, or form a mental representation of’, the goal of this article is to better ensure that pregnant men and trans individuals are not denied their reproductive rights, the legal recognition of their gender identities, and the protections of pregnancy discrimination law. Here, I su…
Mulholland, Monique, Young People and Pornography
I t's in an episode of the United States of Tara, that T says: "Let's go buy revealing clothes that make us look insecure"-a line which simultaneously subverts adults' claims to know "the" meaning of teens' expressive practices and reveals adults' fears about the influences of porn on children.In Young People and Pornography: Negotiating Pornification, Mulholland examines the panic about "pornification"; the ways in which the explicit and the ill…
Relative Lust
This article explores the intimate relationship between the body, sexuality, technology, popular culture, and incest law. I examine the nature, meaning, and affective resonances of representations of consensual incest, “accidental incest,” and “technology facilitated accidental incest” in popular culture, pornography, and public service announcements. Drawing on a pastiche of affect theory; cultural and media studies theories of human-technologic…
Plastic fantastic
This article provides an interdisciplinary and intersectional analysis of sex robots and/as sexual fantasy. I demonstrate that sexual fantasy is a highly complex and salient vector of analysis for any discussion of love and sex with robots. First, I introduce contemporary North American sex robots and offer a brief sketch of their ontology as relates to sex toys and pornography. Next, I provide a short but instructive mapping of sexual fantasy sc…
New Technology, Same Old Stigma
Sex robot brothels
Gender Studies (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (6 works) · Human sexuality (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Pornography (4 works) · Queer (4 works)