LOS ANGELES —Adult performer Siri Dahl spoke on Thursday, April 27 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as a guest of professor Constance Penley for her media studies class on pornography.
Dahl was featured in the Netflix documentary Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, which was ranked in the top ten most-watched movies worldwide on Netflix for several weeks after its initial release on March 15, and continues to drive conversations around online censorship of adult content.
Said Penley, "Following a screening of Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, in which the delightful Siri Dahl is a prominent voice, my students had the chance to interview her about the tough economic, ethical, and political issues raised in that film and her lively writing across social media and mainstream publications. We appreciated, for example, how she vividly characterizes the scope of sex worker shaming in her Daily Beast article, ''Get a Real Job, Whore': The Dark Reality of Sex Worker Hate,' while naming its cause: sex workers actually have a lot of power, and people are afraid of that. You listen to Siri Dahl's words because she conveys her insights with abundant humor, warmth, and generosity."
Dahl said, "I’ve admired Professor Penley’s work for years, so it was a huge honor to be invited to speak to her class. Her students were incredibly well-informed and open-minded. Some of the students shared their thoughts on the Money Shot documentary with me, and I was thrilled to hear how impactful the film has already been, especially with regard to contextualizing the current iteration of the 'War on Porn.' They asked me questions which were empathetic, creative, and thoughtful, and it was an absolute pleasure to share some of my career and personal experiences with them."
Penley is the past chair of UCSB's film and media studies department, founding director of the Carsey-Wolf Center for media research, and an acclaimed scholar who has been a pioneer in researching and teaching in the cultural studies field of porn studies.
For more info about Siri Dahl, find and follow her on OnlyFans, Fansly, Twitter, Instagram, Twitch, FanCentro, Pornhub, and her website SiriDahl.com.
Photo by Jeff Koga.
