Quite a number of people seem to forget or (intentionally?) omit that the ever increasingly cited argument for consent as a felt sense was written by a pair of people (like myself) who advocate immediate—not gradual—prison abolition. Not to mention the whole “we’re anarchists” thing, having explicitly said we have no interest in advocating a […]
Posts Tagged ‘consent’
The people who formulated “consent as a felt sense” are prison abolitionists, bee-tee-dubs.
29 Nov 2015 at 02:25
maymay
Myths and misconceptions, Politics of sex, Technology
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Rolequeerness and Felt-Consent have escaped the filter bubble
08 Jul 2015 at 17:09
maymay
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R. Foxtale found the loveliest thing! :) In a /r/Anarchism discussion of Liberating Ourselves in the Boudoir: An Anarcha-Feminist Perspective Against BDSM, user ErnieMaclan put together this fabulous overview of some key ideas in rolequeer theory, with excerpts and everything I’ve already covered how the ideas in one of our earliest essays, consent as a […]
According to their customer records, FetLife is a porn site, not a social network, whose paying customers are 13 times more likely to be rapists than non-paying users
23 May 2015 at 13:47
maymay
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There was a predictable outcry from pro-BDSM bloggers like Rebecca Hiles when the “FetLife Meat List,” a simple spreadsheet cataloging the FetLife usernames and basic profile info of 30,000 users who identified themselves as female and under 30 years old, was released. But as usual, all Social Justice Warrior rhetoric condemning the list was shortsighted […]
A short etymological exploration of consent, or, Contractual consent and the privatization of experience
04 Apr 2015 at 17:02
maymay
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I was curious about the etymology of “contract” after remembering that the etymology of “consent” is actually literally “to feel together,” itself a formulation of the Latin “con-” prefix (meaning “with”) and “sentire” (meaning “to feel”). Contract, perhaps unsurprisingly, is much more direct. It is from the Latin “contractus,” which means exactly the same thing […]
What’s the difference between choice, permission, and consent as a felt sense?
24 Mar 2015 at 12:24
maymay
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The Rolequeer blog is having a conversation with an erotic author going by gleefullydepraved who misused the word “rolequeer” in a fascinatingly disturbing way, unsurprisingly, given their nom de plume. You don’t need to read their conversation to understand this essay, but it might provide some useful context to my remarks. I’m responding to gleefullydepraved […]
A case study in how abusive shitstains strawman Consent as a Felt Sense [“On Ethical Domination”]
27 Nov 2014 at 11:10
maymay
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(Posting anew so this will show up in #rolequeer tagspace.) theungrumpablegrinch: Maymay is annoyed with recent rolequeer discussion of domination, so I have a few words to add on the topic. Let’s say I have a friend and occasional lover; we’ll call him the Scotsman for reasons that may become apparent. One night I ask the […]
