Porn and Post-it notes: my youthful attempt to block out unwanted graphic ads
Written by Sarah Jayne of Unbound.
College was the first time in which many of us could enjoy life without sharing a computer with our parents. No longer would we be operating under the constant and all-too-easy access to search histories (ours and let’s be honest, theirs too).
When studying was simply not appealing enough, I did what most curious college girls without a clue do: I Googled “porn.” I clicked the first search result and landed on a page that looked close enough to a popular mainstream video sharing network. To my surprise, the website had a large advertisement for “curious college girls” (just like me!!!). I began to click around the site to try and get the lay of the land.
As I side-googled various three letter terms (BBW? ohhh…that’s what that means), I became increasingly convinced that this was not an industry that had my sustainable visual pleasure in mind. The video content to the left of the page was novel enough to me at the time I guess (I’m into the good stuff now) but what distracted and robbed me of every chance of actual arousal were the ads to the right. Web cam ads where the women in them spoke and “interacted” with you. (“Holy shit, can they see me?”…again, this was my first rodeo.) And not to mention, the graphic and often disturbing ads along the side that made me feel seedy for giving traffic to a site that had no problem running them in exchange for $$$.
I want to be turned on; I want to enjoy myself; I don’t want to find myself worried about the agency of the girl being billed as a “cum hungry whore” on the side of the screen.
For the newbie porn peruser without much knowledge of better options, the solution was Post-it notes. Post-it notes. I actually put Post-it notes on my laptop screen so these images couldn’t detract from the experience I was seeking out. Pink, blue, yellow squares of paper cascading down the screen. Reminding me to “send a birthday card to mom on the 11th,” to attend “women’s center meeting @ 3” and finally “find better porn sites than this…”
That phase is over now. It’s true what they say, we get better with age. I know these sites still exist and continue to thrive off advertising that’s arguably destructive, definitely lazy and chock full of cliches. But there are better places for my time (and my money because yes, I pay for #realworldsex). MLNP.tv’s approach is fun. It’s positive. And, best of all, it allows for a dirty mind, not a dirty conscience.
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One Response to “Porn and Post-it notes: my youthful attempt to block out unwanted graphic ads”
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