Recommended Reading #91: Erotica
"All About Pleasure: The Politics of Arousal" by Donna George Storey (Sex and Culture, Politics, Writing, Psychology) 3/18/12
I really appreciate Donna's point about fiction in general being created to arouse. Why would it be more noble/moral/acceptable to arouse sadness, fear, or mirth, for example, than sexual excitement? I especially love the last line of this piece.
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"Multi Faceted People" by Lucy Felthouse (Writing, Sex and Culture, Sociology) Undated
While of course this seems obvious, it also sometimes seems to need to be said, and I feel Lucy did so beautifully.
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"Legal Censorship: PayPal Makes a Habit of Deciding What Users Can Read" by Rainey Reitman (Writing, Sex and Culture, Censorship) 2/29/12
Though it seems PayPal has rescinded the overreaching policy that evoked a recent firestorm, it seems to me the content of this piece remains keenly relevant and would be well heard and considered.
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