Another great post, this one on sex positivity.

[fierceawakening]

I just re-read Shame Affirmative, Redux and... damn, do I love it.

It's old, and I'm sure I've linked it before, because it's amazing. But I re-read it, and -- amazing, amazing. Best thing I can think of to demonstrate why "sex positive" is a valid label and not a mere reactionary insult to anti-porners.

One thing that really resonates with me is

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[fierceawakening]

Great post, Trin. I loved QD's post, and I love this one too.

Wow, thanks. I've often wondered if I really understood what I was seeing, since I wasn't living it in the same way as my friends were. So thanks for saying this.

in the very homogeneous campus queer community especially.

*nod* I never was a part of that -- at the time I wasn't even out as bi, really. But the few times I interacted with the students who ID'ed as feminists it was always REALLY WEIRD

like the girl who'd never seen porn telling me there's no cunnilingus in it, going on and and on until I asked her what movies she'd seen because I'd seen plenty, and watched her try to fumble out of being caught never having seen any of what she was complaining about

or the one girl at the only NOW meeting I ever attended telling the room full of people that dykes shouldn't use dildos, and men make 'em do it

or the professor who thought I was lost to feminism because I like Plato, told me to my face I was anti-feminist and a loss to the movement because I was "clearly bright"

yeah

going from there to a friendly gaggle of country folk dressed in all the leather they owned

was an experience

[belledame222]

ah, college. god be with the days. the little dears, the little dears. at least with the students there's a chance they'll grow out of it.

professors like that are exactly why i do not want to go into fucking academia.