Tag: Theme: Politics & Perception
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The Real Harm in “Harmful Content”
Exploring the true harm in “harmful content” and “problematic” media. Originally published in An Injustice! We live, unfortunately, in a world increasingly defined by people’s lack of media literacy. It isn’t as simple as people not reading, because people do — as schools and universities increasingly cut or allocate resources away from English literature, history, and other…
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Addressing Common Arguments Against “Consuming Harmful Content”
Challenging purity culture in online spaces and their fears of “problematic media”. Constant and continuous arguments endure on social media about the dreaded and frightening spectre of problematic media — from television shows that supposedly “glorify” unhealthy relationships or “sexualise” and “excuse” abusive relationships; to erotica, adult books, and 18+ fanfiction that supposedly teach teenagers bad life…
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At Sea
Category: M/M, Rating: M, Setting: 1918-1939 | Interwar Period, Setting: 1920s, Theme: Alcoholism & Drug Use & Addiction, Theme: Anxiety Disorders, Theme: Artists & Designers, Theme: Banter & Flirtation, Theme: Boats & Ships, Theme: Class & Caste Differences, Theme: Disability, Theme: Divorce & Break-Ups, Theme: Ireland & the Irish, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: Politics & Perception, Theme: Sailors & Sailing, Theme: Scars & Permanent Injuries, Theme: Speech Impediments, World: Magic BeholdenFiction short. A sailor on a cruise-liner attempts to soothe an anxious passenger. 4.3k, rated M. A gentleman is nervous to travel at sea and is attended by one of the officers. Note some warnings for references to torture and injury, particularly to drowning. It’s the October of 1922, and Third Officer Samson Sabine has…
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The Straight Male Gaze on Pretty Male Gays
How does it feel when straight men want to fuck us? A quick little intro — I went ham on this one. I watched A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge and it just gave me a lot of feelings. Warnings throughout this piece for discussion of the film’s gore and violence, the homophobia both in- and…