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the unimaginative world of whorecraft(TM)

Sunday, March 9th, 2008 9:59 am

A few days ago, the Village Voice wrote an article about a series of World of Warcraft-inspired porn; their article was duly picked up by BoingBoing.

Strangely, BoingBoing missed the IP angle — that “Whorelore”’s original name was “Whorecraft” but they ran into an “IP” issue, presumably trademark. You can still see “Whorecraft” on some of the pictures at the Village Voice article. (see caption and photo)

In theory, the article makes it sound promising: Attempts to act, an ongoing storyline, warrior women, etc. But sadly, the photo gallery demonstrates that the porn is about as “inspired” and “imaginative” as Star Trek’s aliens: Heterotastic, male-centered, dominant-paradigm-of-female-beauty, and very white. Ho hum.

breadcrumb trail: Village Voice 3/2 … BoingBoing 3/3 [cross-posted at feminist SF the blog]

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2 Responses to “the unimaginative world of whorecraft(TM)”

  1. the unimaginative world of whorecraft(tm) at Feminist SF - The Blog! Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    [...] derivative work » Blog Archive » the unimaginative world of whorecraft(TM) on March 9, 2008 11:44 am […] breadcrumb trail: Village Voice 3/2 … BoingBoing 3/3 [cross-posted at feminist SF the blog] […] [...]

  2. Lord Jokerj of Barthilas Says:
    July 28th, 2008 at 10:03 am

    thank you captain obvious thats exactly why they made it because old formulas that worked in the past still work.

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