 Hello, my name is Lara Karian and I'm an associate professor in the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Carleton University. My research explores the interconnections of sexuality, technology, culture, and law. I'm particularly interested in how the law operates as an instrument of sexual stratification and erotic persecution as well as a means of sexual liberation. For the past few years, I've researched the extra-legal and legal responses to teenage sexting, which is minor's use of digital technology to produce and distribute sexually suggestive text messages and images via cell phones or the internet. And my research on sexting reveals the myriad social forces at play in the regulation of adolescent sexuality, and I've also sought to clarify whether Canada's child pornography law applies to this category of sexual imagery and whether it's the appropriate means of responding to this practice. Building on this work, I've also explored how non-consensual distribution of adolescents and adult sexual images, known colloquially as revenge porn, is being conceptualized and responded to by the courts, and in particular how emotional distress has come to play a more prominent role in criminal law than has traditionally been the case. My future research projects consider the changes and developments in haptic technology, sexual reality, and artificial intelligence, and the challenges these are posing for criminal law. This theorization of virtual and sexual pleasure and virtual sexual harm is meant to deepen our understanding of shifting notions of legal personhood as well as the new sexual frontiers and emerging sexual identities.