tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110753663561022536.post1652389556565655369..comments2023-07-09T19:51:41.239-07:00Comments on mmhmmm: O M Gmarcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08434115863681449914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110753663561022536.post-8269770643407763902011-03-08T19:48:11.634-08:002011-03-08T19:48:11.634-08:00You're so sweet. <3 Don't feel the need...You're so sweet. <3 Don't feel the need to apologize for them. I know they're not representative of the core group. That article and the discussion that it gave rise to just raised my hackles.marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08434115863681449914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110753663561022536.post-24857439315663095822011-02-12T09:35:09.402-08:002011-02-12T09:35:09.402-08:00"The first lesbian novels I ever read were pu..."The first lesbian novels I ever read were purloined pulps found in the homes of people whose children I babysat for in high school. At the time I didn’t put together the fact that these straight couples were using my lesbian life to fuel their sexual fantasies, but that was definitely the case."<br /><br />That right there should have been your cue to take the rest of this article with a grain of salt. ("Using MY lesbian life" -- no, honey, they weren't using YOUR anything.) <br /><br />It is pretty obvious this woman has her hackles up because a personal experience offended her, and now she's trying to rally a cause against something with which she has not even tried to familiarize herself.<br /><br />The fact that a married couple was reading lesbian romance, to me, as a lesbian, IS AWESOME. It does not signify objectification, rather a mature ability to explore sexuality between themselves as grown adults. If it had been some sort of gay-hunting snuff film, then there would have been a problem.<br /><br />Methinks the author of this article hath read way too many fanfictionz writ by the sexually inexperienced teenager squeeing over her bishies. In that case, yes, amateur writing is going to be amateur and isn't going to depict gay sex (or any sex, or any relationship between adults) accurately. Secondly--I agree that fantasy shouldn't have to be dragged through the mud of reality, and to place homoerotica on some nonfiction pedestal is aberrant to the cause.<br /><br />Whatever that cause may be - which is apparently just to bitch vaguely about heternormatives getting off on the thrill of forbidden romance.<br /><br />:|<br /><br />Anyway. Long time fan, first time commenter. Apologies on behalf of all the uninformed over-reacting lesbians within reach of a computer. Their numbers are many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com