June 2011
62 posts
“It’s hard to contest that much pornography is degrading to women, and extremely problematic in manifesting social norms which continue to perceive women as sexually submissive objects of male desire. However, the solution to the problem of female objectification is not to ban pornography. Pornography, in and unto itself, is a perfectly legitimate expression of sexuality, and can play an enjoyable role in a broader context of sexual interactions and relationships. Don’t ban the porn and pretend anything will change. It is but a tiny, tiny facet of the problem. Do something to address the systemic degradation and objectification of women in almost all forms of popular media. Do something to try to break down the incredibly destructive barriers which preserve female sexuality as something that shouldn’t be spoken about or acknowledged. Support porn that is positive in its representation of women and female sexuality. Porn, in some of its manifestations, reflects some disturbing social norms and perceptions. But it is only a reflection. You can’t change it by smashing the mirror.”
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“It bothers me because it’s unequal, but it also bothers me in its implications: that my body is inherently sexual, and a man’s body isn’t. It feels like men are being viewed through the first-person lens of “it’s nice to feel the sun on my skin, and I don’t mean anything by it” and women are being viewed through the distinctly third-person lens of “it’s inappropriate for me, a heterosexual man, to see her sexy parts.” It ignores the experiences of people who are turned on by male chests and somehow manage to contain themselves when they see one.”
—The Pervocracy: My boobs want to be free. (via sexisnottheenemy)
“I want to make Romeo jealous, I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir their dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain.”
—Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via elanoravira)
“Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book! A message to us from the dead—from human souls we never saw, who lived, perhaps, thousands of miles away. And yet these, in those little sheets of paper, speak to us, arouse us, terrify us, teach us, comfort us, open their hearts to us as brothers.”
—Charles Kingsley (via elanoravira)
“‘Tis a common proof,
that lowliness is young ambition’s ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face.
But when he once attains the upmost round,
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
looks in the clouds,
scorning the base degrees by which he did ascend.” — Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
that lowliness is young ambition’s ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face.
But when he once attains the upmost round,
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
looks in the clouds,
scorning the base degrees by which he did ascend.” — Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
