holy hysterics

I do not write to keep. I write to feel. I write to touch the body of the instant with the tips of the words. —Hélène Cixous

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Taysa Jorge (Spanish, b. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) - Anaga, 2026, Photography

[1five1two]

'Winter Moonrise'. Oskar Bergman. 1879-1963.

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By Geneviève Daël

[southernwinters]

Hi I need help to stop my grandmother's house from being auctioned off. She owes taxes I didn't know weren't being paid; it's not that much, but more than I can manage right now. Here's my Gofundme

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By Geneviève Daël

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[oldbutchdanielmolloy]

has anybody heard of writing / knows anything about how to do it

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Lotus L. Kang (Canadian, b. 1985)

[2087]

"Giedi Prime”—Original Concept Painting by Ron Miller from David Lynch's Dune, ca. 1983

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Alex Eckman-Lawn (American, b. Philadelphia, PA, USA) - The Secret, 2021, Collage Art

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Minor White (1908-1976)

Waterfall, Stony Brook State Park. 1960

[joelpersels]

[witchrealms]

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[hatchetandtom]

Bryan Schutmaat

[genderkoolaid]

so theres an australian author who wrote a romance book which featured an age gap (18/45) and DDlg play, and the book has been declared CSAM and the author is going to jail (source).

and naturally it seems like the booktube folks find this to be a good thing. which yknow. makes me full of fucking rage at these people but thats fine. its just so fucking frustrating to see people who think of themselves as very progressive, including sexually, who looooovee to say "im not kinkshaming!!! like whatever you like!!!" but interestingly never ever ever ever engage with the genre of erotica outside of talking about how dark erotica romanticizes abuse. but yeah no you arent contributing to anything negative at all. im soooooo glad this woman is going to fucking prison. its really cool.

im just saying the story "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" really viscerally upsets me and i find the story to be deeply depressing and dark and cruel, and if done in real life the story would be deeply immoral. why stop at erotica! jail for harlan ellison for 10000 years you sick twisted bitch

[schizoproud]

i get what u mean im into some stuff thats judged too, but in the book the older man finds the 18 year old sexy as a 3 year old toddler and talks about her vagina at that age. they arent mad at the age gap or fetish they're mad at THAT and it being vcsam

[genderkoolaid]

there's post on tumblr somewhere that im not gonna bother to try to find, but it communicated something i think everyone needs to understand about fetish writing: the writing is the kink scene.

everything that happens in a piece of fetish writing is about the fetish. the book being about DDlg does not mean it is about two consenting adults engaging in the kink of DDlg, it means the fiction itself is a meant to be a product of that kink & everything that occurs in the writing is equivalent to a roleplay scene or a fantasy in which one person pretends to be a child and engages in a scene like that.

that's why i compared it to that short story. in IHNMAIMS, the cruelty and horror and inescapability of the worst imaginable form of suffering is the whole point. engaging with those ideas and the feelings they evoke is the whole point. the same applies here but with the exploration of taboo desire.

if people are mad that the book eroticizes the main character as a child, then people are mad about the kink. there is no separating the two. everything that happens in the erotica is the scene, the roleplay, the fantasy. the kink shapes what story is told and how it is told. the adult man finds the main character attractive as a child because that is part of the fantasy the author is exploring through this fictional story. and by choosing to read it you are choosing to engage with that kink. and you can withdraw consent by choosing to stop engaging with it.

i think there is a difference between a fictional work exploring this topic and media that is actually made through involving real children in sex, just as i think there is a difference between a fictional work exploring topics of graphic violence and cruelty and a snuff film. & ultimately i do not believe that this kind of fervor around this book will be ultimately good for child victims of sexual abuse & their ability to engage freely in and create media of their choosing related to this topic. especially in the current sociopolitical moment.

[paradoxkin]

#this whole situation makes me insane as a csa & csam victim#ive been saying for so long that many many ppl just dont know why csa is a bad thing#they talk about it like its the fucking aesthetic of it thats the problem#or the concept of pedophiles & attraction to youth#or the eroticising of childhood#that nonsense i used to see pop up on twitter every so often about how women who dress in cute clothes cause csa somehow#its all bullshit & anyone who knows a single thing about csa knows that the problem is not about aesthetics or thoughts#its about power & how that enables abuse against marginalized groups#also & this is kind of an aside bc she shouldnt have been arrested even if she was writing about fictional csa#but holy shit. even if you are stupid enough to think that fiction should count as csam#the main character was apparently a fictional adult during the sex scenes#anyway you will never convince me that csa & csam are treated like serious problems while shit like this happens in the world#what an absolute fucking joke of a situation. would be funny if it werent so evil#the way ppl talk about 'fictional csam' & expect me to not feel fucking sick about it

[southernwinters]

How did I somehow forsee that the SECOND someone invented the term CSAM in order to emphasize what real abuse of children actually means and how serious it is, people would immediately start applying it to things that aren't CSAM. Sometimes it feels like the entire cultural directive from every angle of political thought is to make sure people fundamentally never understand what CSA actually is.

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hey did you know that uhh

i. the monster's body is a cultural body

ii. the monster always escapes

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming

[counttwinkula]

oh shit i didn't expect this to actually get notes lmao

these are all direct quotes from jeffrey jerome cohen's "monster culture (seven theses)" (full pdf linked) i highly encourage you to read it yourself!

that said, while i think cohen's writing is evocative, it can be a little dense, so while i'm here, here's my capsule summary (you can also hear me talk about this in the first episode of my podcast) (listen to @ghostswerepeopletoo)

i. the monster's body is a cultural body - The monster is a work of fiction to be analyzed through tools of literary and sociological theory.

ii. the monster always escapes - As long as the cultural fear from which the monster stems persists, the monster will reappear in retellings, reimaginings, and sequels.

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis - Monsters defy binaries and challenge easy comprehension or categorization.

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference - The monster represents the Other.

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible - Tales of the monster exist to discourage unacceptable or taboo behaviors.

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire - Subjects can vicariously participate in the disruption of the social order through the monster.

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming - Within the monster we find information about the self.

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Kristin Mackenzie Hussey aka Kristin Hussey (American, based Leland, MI, USA) - Do Not Disturb, 2025, Paintings: Watercolor, Gouache, Wax Pastel, 24k Gold Leaf on Paper