GGW After Dark

(Also note: In the manga, these three have a profitable sideline recording and selling these VR sessions, so Masamune Shirow damn near predicted OnlyFans in 1989.)

Michaela Joffe (joffeorama.bsky.social‬):

I know that fascist attacks on "obscenity" and "pornography" are a very dangerous threat to queer people and art, but the idea that all expressions of all kinks must be treated as default value neutral, or even good, as a result is absurd. porn is art, and so it is open to criticism.

you cannot have it both ways. if porn, kink and obscenity is worth protecting, and I believe they are, that means you can't whine and cry foul when it is criticized and analyzed. your desires, like everything else, exist in larger contexts, and sometimes they are homophobic, misogynist and racist.

the idea that all expressions of human desire are equivalent, and exist free from any larger historical, cultural, artistic or interpersonal contexts… that is absurd. why would desire alone be unique in that way? why would kink be different from every other human expression? ridiculous.

The 7 Deadly Sins

Reader Hot Take

I think my most problematic opinion is that when someone says that they couldn't finish a book because they couldn't relate to the character. You are weak, and you will not survive the winter. [laughter]

I am, in fact, better than you. Because what do you mean, "oh I just couldn't relate to the character."? Skill issue. I'm autistic. I don't be relating to most people I meet! I'm not here because I want to relate to the characters, I'm here because I want to know what's going to happen with the characters, okay?

Do you think I read The Dragon's Bride because I was relating to this white lady who was getting married to a dragon king? Hell no. I read that book because I was curious to know if the dragon had two dicks. And he did!