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Scarlet Hannington

@scarlethannington.bsky.social
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writer specialising in gender based violence, sociocultural inequalities + politics of sex and relationships

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Scarlet Hannington @scarlethannington.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If you got this far, the ending won’t disappoint! You can read it here: open.substack.com/pub/scarlete...
Screengrab of essay on heteropessimism and what we might realise if we go beyond it
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Scarlet Hannington @scarlethannington.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Movements like de-centering men and going ‘boy sober’ tend to place the blame squarely on men’s shoulders, and with that we’re able to absolve ourselves of being active participants. I'd become an observer of my own sex life, so I tried to unpick that in this essay.
Screengrab of essay on heteropessimism and what we might realise if we go beyond it
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Scarlet Hannington @scarlethannington.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
After sleeping with a no headboard sort of man, I started to analyse why I did it. Was it for the anecdote? So I could share in heterosexual despair? Or something more sinister?
Screengrab of essay on heteropessimism and what we might realise if we go beyond it
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