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Academics writing about kink lick the boots of their cultural-studies idols and shackle themselves in jargon.
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Scooped by Ana Cristina Pratas |
Scoop.it!
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
"Once confined to the murky shadows of the sexual underworld, sadomasochism and its recreational correlate, bondage and domination, have emerged into startling visibility and mainstream acceptance in books, movies, and merchandising. Two years ago, E.L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey, a British trilogy that began as a reworking of the popular Twilight series of vampire novels and films, became a worldwide best seller that addicted its mostly women readers to graphic fantasies of erotic masochism. Last December, Harvard University granted official campus status to an undergraduate bondage and domination club. In January,Kink, a documentary produced by the actor James Franco about a successful San Francisco-based company specializing in online "fetish entertainment," premiered at the Sundance Film Festival."
Good article and interesting points. My favorite quote: "Major university presses balk at little these days, short of apologias for pedophilia or bestiality, and even those may be looming."