Chloé Locatelli

Chloé Locatelli is a Ph.D. researcher and teaching assistant in the Digital Humanities department at King’s College London. Her research explores gendered-female embodiment in emergent sex tech products and the consumption of intimacy through them. Having completed an international master’s in Gender Studies at the Universidad de Granada and Università di Bologna, Chloé now continues her academic and journalistic research with a posthuman and feminist lens. Her academic research has been published in books and journals alike. In 2020, she co-wrote a chapter with Dr. Kate Devlin titled "Guys and Dolls: Sex Robot Creators and Consumers" for the Springer Gabler publication Maschinenliebe. It featured sexual companion robots, the companies that make them, and doll owners interested in buying. Her abstract "Theorising Artificial Femininities in Sex-Tech: Previous Postulations and Future Directions" was also published in the academic conference book for PLOTINA: Regendering Science.
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Diary of a Sexbot: Sci-fi Novel ‘The Hierarchies’ Upends Genre With Gynoid POV

In this exclusive interview, author Ros Anderson discusses the sextech inspiration behind…

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Japanese ‘Dream Girls’ Choose Intimacy in Love Simulation Games

​​Why a growing number of girl gamers are rejecting traditional romance.

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Genderplay Trends Up As More Male Gamers Don ‘Virtual Girl’ Avatars In Dating Sims

Fascination with fictional female characters goes beyond desire for companionship and into…

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What Japan’s Love for Virtual Characters Reveals About the Future of Sex Tech

In "Otaku" culture it's common for people to forge emotional bonds with…

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Sex Robots: Are We Buying Intimacy or into Self-deception?

Affective computing blurs the line between product and performance.

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How Sex Tech Is Changing Sex Work

Camming, crypto, and chilling legal moves.

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The Top 4 Sex Tech Books of 2019

Cozy up with these steamy yet smart reads.

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