Getting really tired of how all the anti porn censorship posts going around are like, "I don't like porn but I will defend it" or "it was bad for me to see porn young but it's better than the alternative." I like porn. I want to see porn. I was not damaged by seeing porn as a young person. Porn and erotica are valid and fun vehicles for artistic expression and completely normal expressions of human sexuality. We gain nothing by being squeamish in our support of porn, erotica, and nsfw content.
#it was good for me to see erotica at the age I sought it out (definitely younger than 18 Imao) because it was #an extremely safe and low-stakes way to explore the concept of sexuality and what I was and wasn't into #and because I enjoyed it! #some of it l've seen I haven't been into and even found unpleasant but it's baffling to call that harm #any more than smelling something really nasty while out walking has caused me harm. #sometimes things take you by surprise and make you go 'ew bleh' but that is literally. How life is. Like trash in an alley. #And there is quite a lot of cool and enjoyable and joyful stuff also! Like good restaurant smells! #it's just life it's just a part of life. (via @screambirdscreaming)
#prev is highly correct #i recognize that this is a talking point from some very wretched sources. but: the loss of distinction between harm and discomfort #is frankly devastating a lot of people's ability to socially cohere #and needs to be remedied!!!! urgently!!!!!! (via @ursula-legun)




















