I’m Maggie, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information researching pornography platforms. Drawing on porn and platform studies, political economy, policy analysis and digital methods, I clarify how technology, commerce, politics and culture converge to shape the adult industry today. Following a thesis on the platformization of pornography, my forthcoming dissertation examines moral orders of governance through the platform Pornhub.

You can find my latest work in Porn Studies, The Globe and Mail, AoIR’s Selected Papers of Internet Research, The Canadian Journal of Communication, New Media & Society, First Monday and The Walrus. I currently sit on the independent Advisory Board to Pornhub.

During my doctoral studies I have been awarded fellowships with UCLA’s Centre for Critical Internet Inquiry, named a Massey Junior Fellow and UofT Connaught PhD for Public Impact, and my dissertation research is supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

Finally, I’m a proud member of the CUPE 3902 local union, and of the Free Speech Coalition defending sex workers and freedom of expression. Workers of the world, unite!