Hey everyone! Writer/performer/sex educator/friend of SG/all around incredible human Kitty Stryker has proposed a panel on feminism, BDSM, kink and consent issues, and needs your help.
If you have a moment, could you please vote for her panel? You don't have to be attending SXSW this year to vote.
Kinky sex has always been a point of contention among feminists, with some arguing that it reflects and glamorizes patriarchal values and others that women should have the right to enjoy whatever sex they want. The internet has been a fierce battleground for this discussion, as women from all walks of life find themselves able to anonymously weigh in in front of a large audience. For the last year, "50 Shades of Grey", a series born from fanfiction, has been tossed around as the greatest example of women openly being willing to admit to having kinky desires. But is this book the best gateway? Is it legitimizing submissive fantasies among women? Is that at the cost of delegitimizing other sexual preferences? And is that anti-feminist?
Kitty Stryker, founder of Consent Culture, will disentangle how this popular novel, the internet, and multiple feminist theories have made women's desire for kink 50 shades... of grey area.
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AUG 15, 2012 03:24 PM