Acknowledgments

This book started in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, emerging from my relational engagements with many others who supported its transduction. Many thanks to my friends and colleagues at the Beverly Salon, Mobius Artists Group, Cosmotechnics Group, National University of Ireland Galway (especially Frances McCormack for starting and maintaining our daily online writing group), and Maynooth University. A special thank you to Judith Brodsky for including me in her 2021 College Art Association Panel, “Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit,” where I initially presented my research on the first generation camgirls and livestreaming. I have much gratitude for Kate Antosik-Parsons and Noel Fitzpatrick for reading drafts of this publication, as well as the two anonymous peer reviewers for their significant insights and suggestions. Finally, I thank my family, David, Sonja, and Laurel, for their ongoing support, love, and care.