What a smart little book with chapters on transmisogyny, art, the sexist state #feminism #gender #sex

Doesn’t this view kind of play into trope of creativity coming from self alone rather than stimulated and supported by others in your community— kinda positions the other as vampire rather than collaborator/contributor/inspirer? Like Western male view of genius….

As I work on my book, I’ll post some gems. Love this epigraph from @gentlemanjane.bsky.social ‘s book, The Tragedy of Heterosexuality. Help me think of a # to replace #notallmen… #ahellofalotofmen ? #toxicmasculinity #feminism #howdoIusehashtags?

Typically we find out later that some bystanders did say something to someone to test what they were thinking. I think truly people just don’t know exactly what to do …

2/2 We also don’t take into consideration that the way we characterize a movement has a lot to do with what the media thinks is important about it , e.g. 2nd waves and housework bra-burnings vs politics and labor.

Reading critiques of “waves” of feminism. They’re too confining of diverse movements and if we buy into the characterization of certain waves, each one “improving” on the last, we provide fodder for caricatures and old stereotypes.1/2

And if a teen drinks at a party and gets raped, that was her choice! Seriously when I taught sex ed to 9th graders, this is what they said. Neoliberal elevating anything that befalls you to a consequence of “bad choices.” Erasing the unequal conditions in which these acts take place.

I am so on board! Disappointed particularly in Bernie at this time.

Not sure. But I’m thinking it will help me to write my next book by putting out some ideas and reading others.

Trying to pick one day of the week for just that

Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century: “I Loved Him. He Was My Safety.” When he was 42, Cormac McCarthy fell in love with a 16-year-old girl he met by a motel pool. Augusta Britt would go on to become one of the most significant—and secret—inspirations in literary history...

Why couldn’t he keep her safe without having sex with her? #cormacmccarthy #sexualexploitation #vulnerability#muse #victim

There was a time when women were supposed to be flattered to be the muse— because it was much harder for them to be the author or painter (similar Lucien Freud/Celia Paul story?)

get ready for another huge explosion of Why Aren’t Young Men Dating thinkpieces, none of which reach the obvious conclusion that being a loud bigoted asshole makes you an unattractive romantic partner

Mutuality in Sexual Relationships: a Standard of Ethical Sex? - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice In this paper we challenge the idea that valid consent is the golden standard by which a sexual encounter is deemed ethical. We begin by reviewing the recent public focus on consent as an ethical stan...

Looking forward to reading and wish i had read before publishing Lamb, Gable & de Ruyter 2021
doi.org/10.1007/s106...

I think I was at that event-Austin? You were totally charming. Best booktalk I’ve been to.

Getting to know bluesky and looked up #feminism Found a lot of toxic nastiness from men about women and gender who then end with#feminism. What’s that about, luring us feminists to bait them? #toxicmasculinity

Write as if “woke” is only a one up position liberals use instead of a shorthand for a host of values and rights

Trans women pose no threat to cis women, but we pose a threat to them if we make them outcasts | Rebecca Solnit Growing up in San Francisco, the loudest, proudest queer town around, made it clear to me that gender was what you made of it

San Franciscan since 1980, regular user of public restrooms, probably shared them with more trans women than most people out there, also nothing to report. We're fine. Wrote about that four years ago. All still true. Damn this persecution. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Will continue to support vociferously as dems backpedal post-election.

Don’t particularly like the binary of “faux” v “real” feminism but right on @serenekhader.bsky.social re “ the freedom myth.” Book I’m working on is on this very important point. #feminism #sex #freedom

List of resources all of which are available in plain text in this post thread.

List of resources all of which are available in plain text in this post thread.

List of resources all of which are available in plain text in this post thread.

We want to make sure that you know about -- and share -- some more safe direct help resources available on Scarleteen and elsewhere, as well as some content on our site that might now or soon be particularly relevant to you if you live in the United States. (1/9)

Women’s Pornography Use Patterns and Sexuality Education in U.S. Public Schools - Archives of Sexual Behavior This study investigated the relationship between sexuality education in U.S. public schools and women's pornography use. Utilizing quantitative methods, we examined a sample of women attending U.S. pu...

Okay, this one is hilarious in its utter destruction of the proponents’ theory:
Women who received an abstinence only sex ed have a higher rate of use of pornography than women who received a comprehensive sex ed.

So abstinence onlycauses more teen pregnancy, more STIs, and more porn use.

Can’t wait to read #Entitlement. @rumaan.bsky.social The most entertaining and smart book talk I’ve been to. Loved this guy! www.Texasbookfestival.org

Just resharing. Off topic for me already!