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Dr Zahra Stardust
@ZahraStardust
Porn studies scholar studying sextech & sexual content moderation. New book out - Indie Porn: Revolution, Regulation, Resistance!
Turrbal and Yuggera Country
dukeupress.edu/indie-porn
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Jul 4, 2024
    My new book Indie Porn: Revolution, Regulation and Resistance is available for pre-sale now from @DukePress! Based on autoethnography, qualitative interviews & legal/archival review, it explores the politics of porn production, distribution and regulation! dukeupress.edu/indie-porn
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Jul 21, 2019
    Thrilled to announce I am officially a Doctor! My thesis Alternative Pornographies, Regulatory Fantasies & Resistance Politics is now in the @UNSW library! Couldn't have done it without the amazing @KathAlbury @DAWJoyce @scarletalliance & #sexworker community. What a journey! 💕
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Sep 11, 2020
    Very proud to announce that I was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court today!! Big thanks to these beautiful people for making it so special ❤
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Dec 6, 2018
    So I wrote about #Tumblr's sanitizing of online space via its ban on adult content then #Facebook said the article violated their Terms of Service that now significantly limits discussion of sexuality. @ConversationEDU #tumblrpurge #termsofservice #communitystandards
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Feb 23, 2023
    Hot off the press! We write how financial discrimination against sex workers results from whorephobia, racial capitalism & carceral politics. Thanks to my brilliant co-authors @MissBluntNYC @stabriella @MissLoreleiLee @KateDAdamo @rachelkuo @CUNYLawReview academicworks.cuny.edu/clr/vol26/iss1…
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Apr 3, 2021
    First event begins today for the Informal, Precarious, Criminalized: Sex Workers Organizing Against Barriers conference! Tune in to hear from @SinnamonLove @thotscholar @DaisyDucati @RedCanarySong @DecodingStigma @stabriella @melissagira @hackinghustling @MissLoreleiLee & more!
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Jul 25, 2018
    Just finished debating journalist Julie Bindel on #decriminalisation of #sexwork for @TheFeedSBS! Tune in to tonight's episode to listen! #sexworkiswork #humanrights #rightsnotrescue #SexWorkersatAIDS2018 #AIDS2018 @scarletalliance
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Aug 28, 2019
    I can barely believe this is real! Massive thank you to my incredible supervisors @KathAlbury @DAWJoyce & Hari at @samUNSW @UNSWLaw @UNSWArts for getting me to this amazing life moment! ❤☂ #PhD #phdlife #graduation
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Dec 15, 2022
    Just published with @rosalie_gillett & @jeanburgess at @AdmsCentre @qutdmrc about how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok and Tinder frame and perform harm & safety in their newsroom posts over the last 5 years.
    Safety for Whom? Investigating How Platforms Frame and Perform Safety and Harm Interventions -...
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Aug 31, 2022
    What can social media platforms learn from sex-positive thinking? Our Manifesto for Sex Positive Social Media lists seven demands for change! Check it out and sign on at sexpositivesocialmedia.org @emvdn @Kkatot @jizlee @whoreganizer @DrMireille @rightscon @BKCHarvard @jacq_moon
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Oct 10, 2021
    How does one disseminate important sexuality-based research when it is algorithmically conflated with sexually explicit content, nudity, solicitation and 'violating' content, when you as a person are considered #NSFW rather than your content itself?
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Jun 28, 2021
    "Why don't sex workers just call the cops?" We tell you why in our new article on Sex Work, Whore Stigma & the Criminal Legal System based on national research with @scarletalliance @CSRH_UNSW @carlatreloar @elenajcama published in @CrimJustJournal today. crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/1…
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Aug 31, 2014
    Human rights to free choice of employment, to be free from violence, to be protected by law. Too much to ask #FODI?
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    Dr Zahra Stardust
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    Sep 27, 2021
    The recent debates over sexual content moderation remind me of this chapter I wrote for my PhD about how platform policies simply mitigate corporate risk, maintain heteronormative sensibilities, protect the status quo and disincentivize queer content. eprints.qut.edu.au/211715/