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Brittney's Work Log
3/3/19 I'm going to keep looking for sources, I really struggled to find some decent ones. I think I am going to focus on the "Pornographic Metaphor" section of the article, the specific paragraph is copied and pasted below (this is the paragraph that needs the most citation as well). It looks like I can get a good amount of information from my second source, "Fetishizing Food in the Digital Age"

Observing the #foodporn revolution through the lens of digital pornography, scholars[who?] have proposed various underlying implications that this social media phenomenon has on users today[citation needed]. Food porn does not supplement sex. It substitutes food as a dangerous desire or a delicious dream. Pornographic images and videos often depict an exciting, unrealistic setting whose very purpose is to stimulate desire for these forbidden fantasies—scandalous images gain attention due to humans fascination with others' private lives, and porn represents these unattainable visions. Unfortunately, this glorification of the ultimate fantasy severely limits what sex is interpreted as for viewers[citation needed]. For example, the pornography industry has been criticized for primarily featuring white, heterosexual actors and being focused on the male’s pleasure; as such, it excludes people of other races, sexualities, and abilities. Food porn is argued[who?] to operate similarly: it provocatively idolizes unattainably expensive meals at exotic restaurants that, for many, is out of financial reach[citation needed]. Food porn implies a limited accessibility, while idolizing the concept of "leakage" that offers a vicarious thrill and makes viewers feel energized by this scandalous viewing[citation needed]. Food porn embodies a new relevance when the pornographic metaphor is emphasized—underneath the oozing hamburgers and foot-tall brownie sundaes is a glorification of invading privacy and unspoken implications about who can access these fantastical treats[citation needed]. On this analysis food porn glorifies a particular, wealthy lifestyle meant to be universally stimulating but realistically available to a small percentage of people due to financial or logistic factors.

3/17/19 - I used the two links provided in Week 8's overview of the assignment and unfortunately came up empty handed. This subject is going to be a little tougher than expected! I have reached out to a CSU alumni to help direct me to other search engines that can direct me to quality sources. Earlier this week I printed off the "Fetishizing Food" article to pore over, but experienced a loss at work recently which made it difficult to focus on anything else over the last few days. I don't expect to receive points on this week's editing assignments as I didn't reach out to you prior to today, but I plan on working on and fine tuning the above section of my article tomorrow.

3/18 1630: Discovered an earlier reference to food porn than mentioned on the Wiki page: In 1977, Alexander Cockburn used the term "gastro-porn" while reviewing a cookbook: "True gastro-porn heightens the excitement and also the sense of the unattainable by proferring colored photographs of various completed recipes". I plan on doing some further digging and find the review so I can properly cite this source (which is great as in the "History" section of the Wiki page a citation is needed for when the term was coined). I also plan on keeping the original statement in and find the needed citation for it. My "Fetishizing Food" source may not correspond with the previously selected chunk of article I planned to work on, but I still think I can get some useful information to help perfect the Wiki page.

3/25 1630: Original line of article: "The term "food pornography" is used in Frank Chin's 1978 copyrighted story "Railroad Standard Time."[citation needed]"

My edit: "One of the earliest derivatives of the term can be found in an article written by Alexander Cockburn in the 1977 issue of "The New York Review of Books", in which Cockburn writes "True gastro-porn heightens the excitement and also the sense of the unattainable by proferring colored photographs of various completed recipes".

Cited source: Cockburn, A. (1977, December 8). Gastro-Porn. The New York Review of Books.

3/31 2000-2100: I have found what may be a wonderful source for the Wiki page, and through that source have found some others that should allow me to continue editing the "Pornographic Metaphor" section that I discussed on 3/3. I am thinking about changing the name of that section to "Pornographic Analogy", though, as there are many ways to compare both food porn and "Traditional" pornography. I also need to go back and review the tutorial on adding citations, so for now I have cited references in parenthesis so I can go back and change them this week. My next step is to find some sources on the psychology of traditional pornography so I can continue making comparisons, and plan to touch on Rousseau's point about food porn potentially causing unhealthy relationships with food. The majority of my information is coming from the "Fetishizing Food" source, and "Food Porn in Media"

My edit: "When Alexander Cockburn defined the term “gastro porn”, he used the words “excitement” and “unattainable”, implying an element of fantasy that can be seen in both food porn and “traditional” pornography.  With the rise of fad diets and exercise programs in the 1980s came a similar upward trend in food-related media and development of eating disorders .  As people continued to restrict calories, food-related media increased in popularity due to its ability to provide the consumer with a voyeuristic indulgence of their food fantasies , similar to the voyeuristic indulgence that traditional pornography provides.

4/7/2019 2341: Just moved my edits for "History" and "Pornographic Metaphor" to the main Wiki page! Thank you for providing the link for citing sources. :)

Heather's Comments
Good start. Think now about how you'll use these sources in your paper. If you have time, please add author, title, publication, and date to the two URL addresses you posted below. I can't really tell what they are. Then copy and paste the part of the article you'll be working on to this Sandbox to make changes, okay?

3.11.2019- Yes, "Fetishizing Food" looks like a great source! Keep up the editing in this Sandbox space!

4.4.2019- Looks good! Here is that tutorial on adding sources: https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/sources/add-a-citation-continued Strong writing in your edits! Move to mainspace by 4/7/19.