Pornography is a unique form of entertainment that combines fantasy and real sex. Join Susie Bright and Jeffrey Escoffier for a conversation about his book, Sex, Society and the Making of Pornography on why pornography matters, how it’s made, what it tells us and how it shapes our lives.

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Jeffrey Escoffier is the author of Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore, and of American Homo: Community and Perversity. He teaches at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.

Susie Bright is an author, editor, critic, and publisher— as well as historian of sex in cinema. She was the co-founder of “On Our Backs” magazine and was elected to the Hall of Fame by the X-rated Critics’ Organization for her years of work in erotic screen journalism. Her university class, “The Politics of Sexual Representation,” was the first of its kind.

The painting reproduced on the cover of Sex, Society and the Making of Pornography is by Patrick Angus: Hanky Panky, 1990. Acrylic on canvas, 39 3/4 x 53 1/2 in (101 x 136 cm).