NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Interrogating Fantasy For Authenticity

Welcome to NSFW Sunday! How do we discuss, teach, and understand sex? In an interview with Electric Literature, Tracy Clark-Flory talks about her new book Want Me, being horny on main, normative sexual culture and more: “I don’t think that there is a pre-cultural self. We’re all the result of cultural and social influence, and our sexual fantasies in particular so often draw upon cultural and social meaning and symbolism. I spent a lot of time interrogating my fantasies for authenticity, but ultimately I arrived at an interest in my own bodily feeling and pleasure as being an important measure of authenticity. The most basic measure being: Does it feel good? Are you in your body?” Wow, remember Tumblr porn? : “A fast-paced video, a sex scene from a movie? Maybe — GIFs of undulating torsos, panting chests, or fingers hooking underwear to the side were also extremely popular. It could be something from the wealth of amateur porn so many couples uploaded straight to the platform. And because Tumblr is Tumblr, it could also be steamy diary entries, graphic fan art, or smutty fanfic. “Tumblr porn” covered a range of era-specific content that reflected a young generation’s sexual hopes…
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