killian-whump:croquettish: Have you ever seen a twitter thread (or, in this case, two!) that so perf
killian-whump:croquettish: Have you ever seen a twitter thread (or, in this case, two!) that so perfectly expressed everything you’d felt over months and months of harassment persistent? With all credit to @blackblobyellowcone, who is clearly amazing and completely gets it– not just why us women write and read the erotica that we do, but the history behind the censorship we, as a gender, have experienced. Bravo. I read “My Secret Garden” as a teenager, and it was still as eye-opening and mind-expanding for a woman in ‘93 as it was in ‘73.I especially like the part of this Twitter thread where it’s mentioned that men’s fantasies are often trotted out in mainstream media as common tropes. Women, on the other hand, are relegated to sharing our fantasies in fandom and in erotica - areas where some puritanical assholes are now trying to drag women back, kicking and screaming, to a past where the only “acceptable” fantasies to have involve rainbows, unicorns and your all-powerful husband. FUCK THAT.Women have been fighting for decades to have a seat at the proverbial table, and we’re still only sat at the kid’s table in the rec room, but at least we’re making progress. If you want to halt that progress and SHAME women for having the same wild gamut of sexual interests and fantasies that men have been embracing for centuries, then FUCK YOU. -- source link