Georgetown's New Course: Understanding Porn's Impact

0:00It's April 4th. Welcome to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI and packed with headlines. Georgetown University, that historic spot founded back in 1789 by Bishop John Carroll, is rolling out a new course this fall called. Understanding the pornographic. It's part of their English department lineup, diving into how porn shows up in today's media and culture. The class will break down porn production and its bigger ripple effects on society. They'll zoom in on the social and political fights around it, especially how those debates hit marginalized groups like women, queer, and trans people, and folks of color. Leading the course is Amanda Phillips, an associate professor who's open about her butch transmasculine Latinx background. She's all about using her spot in academia to push boundaries, and she's got books like gamer trouble, on feminist takes in digital worlds. No full syllabus online yet, so students got an email Phillips directly for the details. The university hasn't chimed

1:00in on questions about the class. This one's staring up talk about what's fitting in elite campuses these days, blending old school roots with cutting-edge topics.