Georgetown University to offer pornography course to students Georgetown University will introduce a course this fall titled “Understanding the Pornographic,” which will examine pornography as a media genre and the broader concept of ‘the pornographic’ in contemporary culture. The course will analyze its social and political conflicts, particularly concerning marginalized populations, and explore its presence in various forms of media and social media. The professor teaching the course, Amanda Phillips, has a background focused on gender, sexuality, and technology in media.

• Georgetown University is offering a new course called “Understanding the Pornographic” in the fall.
• The course will examine the concept of ‘the pornographic’ in contemporary media and culture.
• It will cover the aesthetics, production, and distribution of pornography as a media genre.
• The course will also explore ‘the pornographic’ as a concept that exceeds sexuality, appearing in terms like ‘food porn’ and ‘warporn’.
• Special attention will be paid to social and political conflicts surrounding pornography and its use in controlling marginalized groups.
• The course is taught by associate professor Amanda Phillips, whose research interests include sex, death, identity, and politics in video games, with a focus on queer women of color feminism.