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Abstract
As pornography continues to open up as a valued field of academic inquiry, consideration should be given to the researchers’ position, both within the field and within the academy, and how these two positions influence knowledge production. The study of pornography, as a stigmatized subject, has an impact on who can write about it, what they can write, and where that writing is published. How this impacts what we know about pornography, how we can overcome these barriers, and larger questions about positionality in the academy and the field are discussed.