carlin
omg the author is Edinburgh based and probably my age or younger? getting writing published is possible <3
lowkey this is written for me. Like I knew pretty much all the movies mentioned — Challengers! Shortbus! Secretary! Crash! Showgirls! The Watermelon Woman! Sense8! etc. (besides from In the Cut which is going on the watchlist) and also all the theorists. This kind of operates as a sequel to Audre Lorde's Uses of the Erotic but also references Gayle Rubin and "Everyone is beautiful and no one is horny" as well as people I know but not read (such as Mark Fisher and David Graeber). I definitely want to add some of the things referenced here to options for my reading club
I think it is argued quite effectively but does have a little academic-poisoning: sometimes the questions that are thrown out feel too abstract and unnecessary. However I think by the end of the book the line of argument does feel justified and specific enough that it doesn't just feel like a pile of ideas. Also I appreciate that some of this does actually feel sexual!
omg the author is Edinburgh based and probably my age or younger? getting writing published is possible <3
lowkey this is written for me. Like I knew pretty much all the movies mentioned — Challengers! Shortbus! Secretary! Crash! Showgirls! The Watermelon Woman! Sense8! etc. (besides from In the Cut which is going on the watchlist) and also all the theorists. This kind of operates as a sequel to Audre Lorde's Uses of the Erotic but also references Gayle Rubin and "Everyone is beautiful and no one is horny" as well as people I know but not read (such as Mark Fisher and David Graeber). I definitely want to add some of the things referenced here to options for my reading club
I think it is argued quite effectively but does have a little academic-poisoning: sometimes the questions that are thrown out feel too abstract and unnecessary. However I think by the end of the book the line of argument does feel justified and specific enough that it doesn't just feel like a pile of ideas. Also I appreciate that some of this does actually feel sexual!
