Porn bans, purges, and rebirths

The biopolitics of platform death in queer fandoms

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13119032
AutoresDiana Floegel (0000-0002-6576-8585, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume6
Fascículo1-2
Páginas90-112
Data de publicação2021-10-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternet Histories (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2470-1475 • E-ISSN: 2470-1483
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/24701475.2021.1985833
OpenAlexW3207720799
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas45

Queer transformative media fandoms have experienced multiple platform deaths due to “adult” content bans that remove queer content because it is considered “not safe for work” or pornographic. Such bans are biopolitically charged because they effectively regulate and erase queer sexualities and genders. Newer fan-created or moderated platforms such as Archive of Our Own (AO3) and Discord receive credit for rescuing queer fanworks and communities. These platforms are developed and used in direct response to content bans, and they therefore maintain a reputation for including queer people and their works. However, biopolitics continue to perpetuate marginalisation within newer fandom spaces because they ignore inequities that intersect with sexuality and gender. In particular, platforms like AO3 and Discord continue to perpetuate racism in fandom. Using data from interviews with queer fans and platforms’ features and policy statements, this paper traces how platform deaths and rebirths both respond to and perpetuate biopolitics throughout queer fandoms online

Biopower · Fandom · Heteronormativity · Heterosexism · Human sexuality · Lesbian · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology