Academic Writing

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Caroline has written several academic articles/chapters on the topics of violence against women, consent education, and very unexpectedly, zombie sex toys and zombie porn.

Book Chapters:

‘Disrupted Mothering: Porn Performers’ Experiences of the Idealised Sexual Maternal Dichotomy,’ in Routledge Companion to Motherhood On Screen. Routledge. 2025

‘Op-eds and Fashion Shows: The history and future of consent education in Ireland,’ in Consent: Legacies, Representations, and Frameworks for the Future. Routledge. 2024.

‘Decaying Dicks and Putrid Pussies: Zombie Sex Toys and Pleasure’, in Zombies, Pandemics and Politics: New Directions in Zombie Studies. UWP Press. Publication date TBC 2025/26

‘Abject Bodies and Borders’ in Theorising Zombiism. UWP Press. May 2022

‘Trophy Hunting and the Celebrity Porn Star’, in Sex Work, Labour and Relations. Palgrave Macmillan. 2022

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Academic Journal articles:

“How I Learned About Consent”: Influences of research-based theatre on sexual consent attitudes, Gavin Friel, Charlotte McIvor, Kate Dawson, Lorraine Burke, Siobhán O’Higgins, Eva O’Byrne, Caroline West, Alexandra Black, Kate Tierney & Pádraig MacNeela. In Arts & Health, 1–18. 2025.

‘Hashtags and hand wringings: conversations on porn in Ireland’, in Porn Studies, Volume 6 (2). 13 September 2018

‘Pornography and ethics: an interview with porn performer Blath’, in Porn Studies, Volume 6 (2). 13 September 2018

Dr Caroline West is an author, relationship columnist, media commentator, podcast host, and a sexual violence response manager at a university

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