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Queer Cultures in Digital Asia| Attention Economy, Neoliberalism, and Homonormative Masculinity in Amateur Gay Porn Circuits on Twitter: The Case of Manila and Hong Kong

Ruepert Jiel Dionisio Cao

Abstract

Twitter is a popular digital territory for circulating amateur homosexual porn and sexual narratives of gay men. These two-minute porn videos control thousands of views, and their anonymous owners brag thousands of followers. This paper investigates how attention economies work within a neoliberal framework in porn economies in Manila and Hong Kong. Using interviews and case studies, this paper argues that the conditions created by Twitter foster a particular thoughtful of attention economy where users are expected to be creative and entrepreneurial in curating their profiles and presenting their pornographic content. This research argues that it is within these neoliberal spaces that gay men find the freedom to socialize, assemble communities, and inventively offer themselves. The paper ends by offering insights into how we can reflect about the utility of pornography and sexualized self-presentation in queer sexual politics in the Asian context.

Keywords

attention economy, gay

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The Lesbian, Queer , Bisexual, Transgender, and Gender non-conforming (LGBTQ) Archive at UNT is a collaborative proposal to document the history and culture of the LGBTQ communities in the South and the Southwest. This major collecting initiative involves working with people partners to collection documentation of people, places, and events through primary provider materials, including letters, photographs, newspapers and magazines, scrapbooks, diaries, audio-visual materials, organizational records, posters, flyers, and objects.

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Title:The Gay Lothario. The Amazing and Celebrated Amateur of Fashion

Artist:William Elmes (British, active –16)

Publisher:Thomas Tegg (British, London – London)

Sitter:Robert Coates (British, Antigua, West Indies – London)

Date:March 16,

Medium:Hand-colored etching; impression with artist's call and date removed

Dimensions:sheet: 10 x 15 1/2 in. ( x cm)

Classification:Prints

Credit Line:The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange,

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Vendor: Mrs. J. B. Neumann (German)

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