Slut?
Great question. When I was a dumb Evangelical baby, I thought "slut" meant "any sexual expression outside of a heterosexual marriage". Now that I'm a dumb Exvangelical baby, it feels like hedonism must be a part of what constitutes being a slut. Example--if I was a full-service sex worker to support myself or my family, but I didn't anticipate any pleasure from my work obligations, that doesn't feel very "slutty" to me. But if my sex work included creating sexually explicit imagery, and I eagerly anticipated arousing others through art alone, that feels slutty. If I was working on my furry porn queue and felt no excitement or joy, that does not feel slutty. These days, I'm more slutty than ever before, because I've been having better and more frequent sex with my partners, I've been enjoying creating porn that's celebrating my own body, and I'm excited to trust others with the porn I create. To willingly objectify myself through art, sexually, while also articulating statements that demand more that sexual objectification of my readers, feels like an avenue that demands further exploration. Unfortunately, that writing + art combo exists almost exclusively on one of my Patreon tiers, an admittedly unslutty means of publishing. But after my first Night Market experience dressing erotically and sharing erotic artwork, I need more slutty affectations in my life. Maybe I'll make a side Tumblr for all this.
