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Quote from Puritans, Perverts, and Feminists by Dorothy Allison (in Skin: Talking About Sex, Class and Literature, 1994). Photo from Toy No 60 (1988).
![White man wearing a leather jacket and cap licks the boot or leather pant leg of someone standing. Text: [The sexual is unpredictable, irrational, sneaky, and far-reaching. Worse still, it is completely resistant to simple legalism or clear philosophical categories. Most sexual imagery does not have one interpretation but a range of multilevel impacts depending on context, personal taste, and hidden symbolism.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iyfco36opjofallgh4axztsd/bafkreiafk655jwik5l5m5uyzzo3zg2n4agkfc6q7g4dgddzoj4xz4xvzsy)
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![[Perhaps we should focus less on who is in our communities since this question inevitably leads either to exclusion on the basis of the same oppressive principles we struggle against in other arenas, or to a demarcation so broad and abstract as to be meaningless. Perhaps we should focus more on what we want our communities to be and do, and how we can strengthen them along those lines.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iyfco36opjofallgh4axztsd/bafkreihlvshzujoz6hwgwpa7tznwzktcqjsnr24x3nxvgwovcxy2we6jje)
