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Why Working Hard for Privilege Doesn't Negate That Privilege.

So there's an article about how being thin isn't a… View More

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Candid Pornography

(Update: Desiscandids is no longer live on Tumblr, and the blog is against the blogger content policy- they forbid blogs that only exist to make money off adult content...… View More

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A Switchblade In my Sleeve: Why I Talk Back

"Don't feed the trolls". I get told this a lot. Don't argue with trolls, Kitty, don't keep fighting with… View More

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fuck this scarlet letter bullshit part 4: The Internet as the New Pillory

Part of a series discussing mostly whorephobia but also slut-shaming generally: Part… View More

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Stop SOPA: Why the Stop Online Piracy Act is Bad for Sexuality

So January 18th is the Great Blackout, when sites all over will do everything from displaying a banner to blacking out their sites in protest of the Stop Internet Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, a pair of proposed bills that will… View More

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Safe/Ward, Safewords, and the Battle of Community Accountability

Introduction: Safe/Ward is getting to be rather a massive project, with a lot of posts, so if you're so inclined, please check out the other posts in the series: -I Never… View More

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"Lynching Rapists", or, How Not to Be An Ally

So after a discussion on Twitter between Consent Culture activist Maggie and a guy who goes by @crash_restraint, wherein he ended up harassing Maggie about consent culture and what we… View More

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Rape on Film

There is a brilliant article up… View More

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March 3rd: International Sex Worker Rights Day

Today is International Sex Worker Rights Day. To honour it, give sex workers the… View More

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What I Mean When I Say I'm Sex Critical

So, I saw on Tumblr this awesome post by Pervocracy about what sex positive means to them. I really love and agree with their post, and it made me consider my critique of "sex positive" as a catch-all term and why I tend to not identify with it generally (though probably would if Pervocracy's definition was more widespread). I'm also… View More