The Politics of Pleasure
Added 2024-12-13 23:07:27 +0000 UTCIt's the politics of pleasuurreeee (sang to the tune of the Pleasure Principle)
(Note: I apologize for the quick turnaround on this video here and on YT. There is some exclusive Patreon stuff coming. I have just been catching up).
With Project 2025's orchestrators poised to gain real power through Trump's election, combined with fears of a TikTok ban and widespread issues with literacy—from basic reading to media and news comprehension—we find ourselves in a paradox: an endless sea of critics, analysts, and reporters covering countless topics, yet a remarkably poor public understanding of these issues.
Therefore, in my second to last video of 2024, I want to make an effort to illustrate exactly why romance and smut is a political issue.
Plugs:
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Jay A. Gertzman
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/44233862
The Taint of the Pornographic: Defending (Against) "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/24777730
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Patrick McHugh
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/25112032
A Theory of Scandal: Victorians, Homosexuality, and the Fall of Oscar Wilde
Ari Adut
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https://doi.org/10.1086/428816 // https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/428816
Lesbianism, History, and Censorship: The Well of Loneliness and the Suppressed Randiness of Virginia Woolf's Orlando
Adam Parkes
https://www.jstor.org/stable/441599
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Comments
Oh, yes!! I've had this discussion with some romance reader friends after the election. This is so important. Can't wait to recommend this video everywhere. (Watching it first right now.)
Charlotte KL
2024-12-14 07:29:56 +0000 UTC
