Sex & the Internet – Part II | Video Essay - Video

In the second part of this two-part series, Sex & the Internet, I pick up where Part I left off: after the Paris Hilton sex tape, with the Kim Kardashian sex tape. I discuss how the rise of social media contributed to Kardashian’s ability to control the narrative around her sex tape, and for celebrities like Britney Spears—who had, through the aughts, been aggressively pursued by paparazzi—to have some say in their own portrayal. In other ways, social media allowed for different types of exploitation. Emily Ratajkowski, for example, had her own Instagram photo sold as a painting by artist Richard Prince, and Belle Delphine and Bella Thorne disrupt the market for adult content creators on OnlyFans.

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Watch Part I:
Sex & the Internet – Part I: https://youtu.be/_vNeb7pBtYo