'sex work' is a distasteful term to me. it implies that what a 'sex worker' does is unpleasant, distasteful. i prefer to look at the practice of buying or selling sexual favors as something which when engaged in freely, not under duress, is mutually agreeable and rewarding. i also think it's natural and nothing to be ashamed of, no reason to be stigmatized or criminalized. quite the contrary.
dystopian and doomed
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
sex work
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
shame and fear
certain terms for parts of female genitalia are derived from words ( in latin or some other ancient language? ) meaning basically 'parts to be ashamed of''.
i've become vehemently anti-christian as i've come to understand christianity's basic precepts or dogmas better, and what purpose might be served by them. for example, nothing is more central to christian 'faith' than the assertion of human 'sinfulness', with 'sin' being an offense to god. basically, this dogma is that humans are either inherently bad or we exercise our 'free will' so badly that we offend god. for this, we ought to be ashamed. if we aren't, there's something wrong with us. if we aren't, we can't truly repent or be forgiven. and that's a huge problem, because all talk aside of the christian god being 'loving', this is a god u don't want to be opposed to or alienated from. this is a judgmental and punitive god. this is a god to fear. eternal damnation is a fate infinitely worse than death. it's infinitely worse than anything we can imagine. christianity is a faith of ultimate shame and fear.
shame and fear aren't unique to christianity. they're probably a key component to all or most civilized religions, by design. better minds than mine have concluded that modern religion is a tool of social control, the 'opiate of the masses'. shame and fear diminish our sense of self, or self esteem. faith in the claims or decrees of 'authority' empower 'authority' and disempower us.
religion has long been a tool used by elites. religion and 'authority' go hand in hand.
in christianity the idea or definition of sin is often closely aligned with the idea that unfettered desire or passion is offensive to god, something to be ashamed of, something to be afraid of, something to be suppressed. this is why genitalia related terms like 'pudendum' have shameful connotations. they represent body parts which arouse erotic passion. this induced dogmatic puritanical shame and fear are why we're so repressed. neurotic, hypocritical. confused. conflicted. and often pathologically destructive when it comes to 'romance'.
Sunday, March 24, 2024
social isolation in america
I'm not very serious about moving to a spanish speaking country like mexico or costa rica because if i was, i'd be trying to learn the language. I'm not because i don't have much aptitude for it and because therefore it seems like drudgery, plus i'm very uncertain re. whether i surreally want to leave the u.s..
on motherhood and 'pro-life' religion
I've been thinking a bit about my troubled nephew. i'm pretty sure most if not all of his troubles stem from growing up a lone child in a single parent household in a society which doesn't promote communal childcare with a mother who didn't seem to know how to nurture, or to be more blunt, who didn't seem to love him.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
boner pills
Now that i'm 65, most days my libido is practically gone. beautiful young girl/women who used to knock me for a loop now only impress me. they don't arouse me like they used to. no doubt my testosterone levels have crashed from what they were decades ago. i can still have orgasms once or twice a week; 40 years ago it was once or twice daily.
i'm a bit amused and agitated by the drugs and pills advertised to aging men like me to artificially enhance or prolong our sex lives. 'low t' isn't a disease, it's a fact of life the older one gets. and why take a pill to get an erection if one isn't aroused enough for it to occur naturally? i don't get it. but, i don't get a lot of things my fellow humans, or at least many of them, do, say, and believe. don't get them at all. it's like we're different species or inhabiting different worlds.
i think sex is best when one's young. that's another thing that bothers me about boner pills and drugs designed to artificially enhance male libido as men age. it seems to me my society is adamantly opposed to 'under age' youth having sex (especially with 'adults'). no doubt this includes lots of old men who spend lots of money in a vain attempt to hold on to youth. same can be said for old women who spend lots on surgery or other things to look younger.
when it comes to sex it seems my society has it backwards. i say let the children play, and let us old folks age with grace and dignity. and by god or whatever, let's celebrate sexuality throughout our short lives, rather than stigmatize and criminalize consensual behavior (and not deny the ability to consent to youth).
Friday, March 15, 2024
how the left is destroyed globally
as usual, abby rules. in this video she interviews vincent bevins about his book THE JAKARTA METHOD: WASHINGTON'S ANTICOMMUNIST CRUSADE AND THE MASS MURDER PROGRAM THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD and allows him ample freedom to discuss some of the dirty details regarding how communism was suppressed in the 20th century and is still being today. bevins knowledge of his subject is impressive indeed. on an even playing field of ideas capitalism loses. only via ruthless violent deceitful repression does it win.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up3-lOiO9L8
Saturday, March 9, 2024
eyewitness truth in gaza hospitals
once again abby martin tells it like it is, this time with the help of a heroic doctor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REnN_dLtrLA