The three most controversial books among queer community are The Argonauts, Pleasure Activism, and Conflict Is Not Abuse. In case you’re new here, I’d like to make my position on these polarizing books very clear—CINA is required reading for me while the other two have big pink pussy hat energy. Extensive google searches and scouring Goodreads shows that the two books I hated have basically only received glowing reviews. I can’t really put my finger on why other than to say there’s a weaponized softness here that’s very indicative of the times.
I'm probably going to need re-read this a few times (I don't do well with listening to podcast format so greatly appreciate the transcript.) This fits a lot with the goals my ex-girlfriend and I had when we created a queer-specific BDSM space in our city; specifically it was to be primarily for queer people, and specifically including trans people of any identity (I'll quickly add that the creators were both trans women, one of whom was married to a trans man at the time.) It became such a powerful space for so many of us.
I'm probably going to need re-read this a few times (I don't do well with listening to podcast format so greatly appreciate the transcript.) This fits a lot with the goals my ex-girlfriend and I had when we created a queer-specific BDSM space in our city; specifically it was to be primarily for queer people, and specifically including trans people of any identity (I'll quickly add that the creators were both trans women, one of whom was married to a trans man at the time.) It became such a powerful space for so many of us.
So great. Thank you for this. Replacing Argonauts with something far more interesting.
Damn. this is so good.