I love reading your posts. Each one is packed to the rafters with delicious details.
Has Western culture changed? I write erotic Lesbian poetry and post my work on Substack. Many readers enjoy the poems until they realize they are about women, not a traditional couple.
Aw thanks Gloria! Really appreciate your kind words. Yeah, I try and pack in bits and pieces - that's why they kind of often finish almost in the middle of an idea - cause I have to cut it off somewhere haha. Otherwise they'd all be stupidly long.
Yeah - I agree with you 100% Like, there are changes sure, but so many things have stayed pretty much the same, or simply reformulated. Homophobia got better at hiding itself. Surfaces appear to change, but the depths run strong. Dam - that is a shitty thing to have to deal with. Like, I know it's part of the game of social media, blah blah, but still. Fucking bullshit!
True that - dominant culture is still grappling even with being able to talk about sex and eroticism in a healthy way, let alone sexuality. Yeah, agree completely - subscriber chasing leads no-where good. And I love your last comment! Yay for self-love and self-empowerment. :-)
Thank you for these! It's fascinating to see the writings of queer writers from so long ago. Not just to ponder on how far we've come as a society but to juxtapose the attitudes of writers then and today in how such subjects are tackled.
A pleasure :-) Yeah - I agree! Dominant Western culture has changed in its attitudes - but how has it changed? What have we gained? But also, what might have been lost?
I love reading your posts. Each one is packed to the rafters with delicious details.
Has Western culture changed? I write erotic Lesbian poetry and post my work on Substack. Many readers enjoy the poems until they realize they are about women, not a traditional couple.
Aw thanks Gloria! Really appreciate your kind words. Yeah, I try and pack in bits and pieces - that's why they kind of often finish almost in the middle of an idea - cause I have to cut it off somewhere haha. Otherwise they'd all be stupidly long.
Yeah - I agree with you 100% Like, there are changes sure, but so many things have stayed pretty much the same, or simply reformulated. Homophobia got better at hiding itself. Surfaces appear to change, but the depths run strong. Dam - that is a shitty thing to have to deal with. Like, I know it's part of the game of social media, blah blah, but still. Fucking bullshit!
Some people are offended by the erotic nature of the poems. Others that it is speaking bluntly about sex out loud. Many love them.
I will never give into subscriber chasing. LOL
I only care about what I think ultimately.
True that - dominant culture is still grappling even with being able to talk about sex and eroticism in a healthy way, let alone sexuality. Yeah, agree completely - subscriber chasing leads no-where good. And I love your last comment! Yay for self-love and self-empowerment. :-)
It took a very long time to realize that I need to be my biggest fan. 😊
That's such a wonderful way of looking at it! Taking that one to heart. 💜
Wonderful poems - hers and then yours. May she rest in peace.
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Thank you for these! It's fascinating to see the writings of queer writers from so long ago. Not just to ponder on how far we've come as a society but to juxtapose the attitudes of writers then and today in how such subjects are tackled.
A pleasure :-) Yeah - I agree! Dominant Western culture has changed in its attitudes - but how has it changed? What have we gained? But also, what might have been lost?