Lesbian Clutter

https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/07/03/the-gender-identity-movement-undermines-lesbians

https://www.salon.com/2017/08/06/has-queer-culture-lost-its-edge/

BDSM is Fantasy https://medium.com/tchpnt/i-talked-to-1400-strangers-about-their-sex-lives-heres-what-i-learned-3055e0efda9b

"Entgegen gängiger Darstellungen haben nicht alle Menschen, die lesbischen Sex haben, ständig Oralsex. Weil die Erwartung, Oralsex kundig performen zu müssen, um „eine richtige Lesbe“ zu sein, hemmt. Oder weil andere Praktiken als lustvoller empfunden werden: Denn im verzerrten Bild des harmonischen und erfüllenden lesbischen (Oral-)Sex scheint oft kein Raum zu bleiben für triebhafte und konfliktgeladene Erotik – auch wenn Macht, Unterwerfung und das Rollenspielen mit Geschlechterbildern einen zentralen Platz in der lesbischen Szene einnehmen.“

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What makes the eroticism of The Handmaiden so seductive is that it’s a celebration of female sexuality that elegantly, if tacitly, solves the eroticism-or-porn question by making the lead characters’ love affair something that takes them away from literal porn. Their love will free them from the dungeon of dirty books that Hideko has had to read aloud by order of her abusive uncle. The eroticism of The Handmaiden is important – perhaps the most important part of the film. The action takes place in a wilderness of mirrors, a theatre of deception and masks – a world in which sex is the one thing that is always sincere, always real. It is not a style accessory, but rather the linchpin. It is what creates a co-conspiracy of freedom. Now that porn has become democratised and ubiquitous on phones and laptops, it is enjoyable to see old-fashioned, high-production value, dramatically enhanced eroticism. It is not about desire, so much as pleasure.

Gender Troubles: The Butches with German Subtitles von Lisa Plourde auf Vimeo.