Jennifer Ringley, Jennicam, (1997)

My name is Jennifer Ringley, and I am not an actor or dancer or entertainer. I am a computer geek… I don’t sing or dance or do tricks (okay, sometimes I do) but not very well and solely for my own amusement, not yours).

“This will replace television,” said David Letterman.

With Jennicam, the ignition of reality television sparks controversial discussions. In view of voyeurism in its celebration, Hal Niedzviecki writes that “the Peep celebrity is indicative of just how entranced we are by the media machine’s ability to create the star-celebrity; we are drawn to the person-product who seems to fit so effortlessly into a society organised around the principle that people can and should be reduced to hits, ratings, views, box office gross.” A fan-mail for Jennifer Ringley states that his observation Ringley staying home on a Friday night comforts him. This judgement validates with her popularity speared from Jennicam’s 100 million hits a week.

Jennicam and NSFW

David Letterman added, “… They are lonely and desperate.”

Freeing what we watched redefines our culture and as a result justifies our inherent voyeuristic desires on certain level. Jennifer Ringley is an attractive young blonde woman that burns the heart of straight men and charges raging hormones. While an incentive like this is hard to ignore, the larger part of our collective emptiness envelopes us in the world of Jennifer Ringly, bordering between the real and virtual in Jennicam. The “third space” (a popular term coined by Randall Packer) explores limitless possibilities in cyborgian engagement.

Thank you, jenni.

Jennifer Ringley plays with her boobs.

Jennifer Ringley seduces with her boobs.

Jennifer Ringley and her ass grabbed.

Jennifer Ringley shows one nipple.

Jennifer Ringley masturbating while reading a book.

Many years after Jennicam, the reminiscence remains to be most upworthy in hits features nudity and sexual nuances that keeps discussions lingering. Albeit not the most academic, there is value in pioneering everyday live cam. Jennifer Ringley may have recede into sea of data, but she will always remain as a key icon for what she does and whom are inspired.

Read Jennicam and Project Virtual Awkwardness for first installment.

“… I’d always had a desire to sneak into a girl’s apartment and watch her through the night. I had the idea that while I was doing this I’d see something which I’d later realize was the clue to a mystery. I think people are fascinated by that, by being able to see into a world they couldn’t visit. That’s the fantastic thing about cinema, everybody can be a voyeur. Voyeurism is a bit like watching television – go one step further and you want to start looking in on things that are really happening.”

– David Lynch