Sex-positive feminism reference
This is my favorite blog post of all time on the matter – yes, I used a superlative. But it really is that good. Whenever I start to get into a back-and-forth with people about what sex-positive means and isn’t it really just about privileged white women and whatever else, I point them to this post.
ETA: This link is now dead! :( I have a copy saved somewhere, and will dig it up and post a local version.
ETA 2: She reposted it at her new blog! Link has been updated.
Other excellent posts:
- Sex Positive Feminism: A Statement of Beliefs (Sexual Evolution)
- 5 Myths About Sex-Positive Feminists (SexPosFemme Journal)
- Sex-positive does not mean misogyny-friendly! (Official Shrub.com Blog)
- Sex Positive: The Online Edition (Funkybrownchick.com)
And in general… everyone should read Susie Bright. Reading her books changed my life 10 years ago.
What Does Sex Positive Mean? from about.com. This is an excellent history of the usage and roots of the term.
Wikipedia entry on sex-positive feminism (accurate for the most part; sometimes it gets hijacked by someone with an anti-feminist and/or anti-sex-positive agenda, though)
Threads from this-here blog:
- Response to Hugo Schwyzer
- Woman’s body == sex, and related notes
- Conversation about sex work, college, money, and more
- Same old, same old
- Yeah, that’s right, I’m pro-porn
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