tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962295448646460181.post2055348937663491174..comments2022-12-30T02:10:11.145-08:00Comments on Erotica for the Big Brain: Who are we writing for? Terrance Aldon Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11341659600230792205noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962295448646460181.post-1418933289079021482017-08-29T06:29:57.312-07:002017-08-29T06:29:57.312-07:00Great essay. Right on target and beautifully said....Great essay. Right on target and beautifully said. A pleasure to read and I couldn't agree more.Jean Joachim Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614059778826802446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962295448646460181.post-74835257026292205282017-08-28T05:17:00.165-07:002017-08-28T05:17:00.165-07:00Who do I write for? I write for me...which means I...Who do I write for? I write for me...which means I never have to mince words or use euphamisms or delete content or pull back on my vision of how to tell a story. If no one else reads it, their loss. If they are offended, too bad. I happily own every word, every uncomfortable scene, every inch of flesh laid out on the page. Sessha Battohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569927397738788073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962295448646460181.post-53599422680327274842017-08-27T12:04:31.881-07:002017-08-27T12:04:31.881-07:00I missed this piece the first time around, but am ...I missed this piece the first time around, but am so glad that I caught it this time. You write such truth—it should be required reading for schoolchildren. My own sister fits many of the adjectives used, starting with prim, priggish, prudish, that I sometimes wonder if one of us was adopted. For the sake of family unity I have kept quiet about my writing career—yet I am annoyed with myself for being so cowardly. I did 'come out' to a group of friends, whom I have known all my adult life, and was met with a range of emotion that went from embarrassment to "Don't you think what you do is shameful!" Only one friend has bothered to look at my website. It does not bother me. I don't seek other's approval that desperately—but it would be nice if the occasional praise, or even interest, came my way. <br /><br />Keep writing your wonderful stories and blogs and, hopefully, within our lifetime we will be able to be 'out' and 'proud' about our writings on human sexuality. Thank you for this piece.Rachel de Vinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13142396128885291395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962295448646460181.post-68722032657073734322014-09-07T08:52:15.529-07:002014-09-07T08:52:15.529-07:00Thank you so much, RG. (I love you, too, by the wa...Thank you so much, RG. (I love you, too, by the way.) <br /><br />Yes, "how do we confront society with its own hypocrisy" is the more challenging question. Though it is not possible to change things over night--though it sometimes feels as if we were roaring into the wind--I think the simplest, most immediate answer is to keep writing, honestly and truly and bravely, with resolve to stand up and defend what we do in spite of the consequences. Perhaps, in time, if enough people rise up and declare "I have done nothing wrong. I am proud of my work!" we may see the beginnings of a movement for change. <br /><br />Thanks again for your kind words. I think you've made my year! <br /><br />cheers<br /><br />TASTerrance Aldon Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11341659600230792205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962295448646460181.post-71014605523839290132014-09-07T02:14:39.649-07:002014-09-07T02:14:39.649-07:00Wow. WOW. WOW.
I love you.
This was such a ple...Wow. WOW. WOW. <br /><br />I love you. <br /><br />This was such a pleasure to read. So erudite, so contextualized, so true and yet, here I am reading this and you're preaching to the converted.<br /><br />How do we confront society with its own hypocrisy? That is the more challenging question. Difficult, at least in part, I think, because of the many and powerful interests in the world that depend on the very cognitive dissonance you have mentioned, for their livelihood.Remittance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07902713020074243375noreply@blogger.com