A linkety where my comments got overly-long - on "My Sluthood, Myself" from the Yes Means Yes blog

My Sluthood, Myself -- Although my more serious involvements are poly, not monogamous, there's a lot I find to resonate about this post. And frankly, casual sluttiness is often as much up for judgment from poly folk as from monogamous people (sometimes extra defensively, out of fear of making all poly folk "look bad"), so there may be little difference in our experiences there.

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Thoughts from replies to the survey for Big Big Love II

Whenever I take surveys with a lot of free text answers I try to copy them out for my own reference. These are my answers to some of the free text questions on the survey for the new version of Big Big Love about sexuality and fat. I may expand on them if I have enough brain cells rubbing together (I'm kind of migrainey and brainfoggish, and wasn't in much better shape when I first answered the questions, so this isn't always as coherent or detailed as I'd like)

Clarification, for those unfamiliar with the fat acceptance/body acceptance/Health At Every Size movement -- the use of the word "fat" throughout this may be disconcerting. Here's an article about why both Hanne and I are using it: Reclaiming the Word "Fat" as a Positive Term

Also, early on in the survey it asks a multiple choice about preferred terminology. I don't know if this actually changes the wordings of the questions, but I'm retroactively curious.

(for reference, here's the link from my linketies the other day)
A new version of Big, Big Love is in the works, and Hanne Blank needs input in the form of a survey about sexuality and size Hanne is all flavors of awesome, and her original is still a classic. I highly recommend participating in the survey if it's a topic of interest to you; she's thoroughly trustworthy and nonexploitive.

( includes some sexually explicit commentary -- sibs and others who don't want to see it are hereby forewarned )

OK, I think that's the relevant stuff from the survey. If you have questions or want clarification or whathaveyou, feel free to ask either anonymously or not (you can also message them to me rather than commenting here, if you prefer). I'm in the mood for some writing prompts, and questions are always good for that. I'm making this a public post instead of locking it to the sex filters because I want more public and straight-forward conversation about fat and sexuality, and this makes it accessible most broadly, including to my facebook friends. Facebook folks, here's a link that'll take you to the actual post so you can follow any comment threads. I keep meaning to put these on all my posts, but forgetting.

Linkety-Linkety

Just a few -- I got distracted.

Claudette Colvin: A civil rights pioneer gets due recognition -- Damn, she was one gutsy 15-year-old.

Nebraska city's controversial immigration rule passes

Immigrant status stunts former University High grad's dreams

The WikiLeaks Afghanistan leak

Lutherans Offer Warm Welcome to Gay Pastors

Senate Strips Funding For Legal Settlement To Black Farmers From War Bill

The Gulf oil disaster leads to increased rates of alcoholism and spousal abuse

I know why the vampire sparkles! -- A very funny examination of the proper taxonomy of vampires

Arthur C. Clarke predicted satellite TV and GPS in the 40s and 50s

A visit to Spirited Away creator's museum in Japan -- Studio Ghibli is Hayao Miyazaki's studio, responsible for some of my favorite animated movies ever (Nausicaa was a deeply influential part of my childhood)