Not Kinky
The audience Q and A begins, and someone asks about the relationship between kink and queerness.
Yes, of course, who is to say what kink is or isn’t. Yes, I too am sexy and transgressive and cool. I am aroused by not Google image searches of the phrase “spanking cartoon.”
fetishspank
kinkBDSM
lived experience
Be more like herBe generous with the art and adorableness of others
that adults
It’s like asking a lesbian if she’d date a man. For us, it’s not a discrete act, or a preference, but a primary means of ascertaining the erotic.
Anne of Green Gables
obvious
the thing
roleplay
awww
Abbey Fenbert is a writer and theater artist in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared online at The Toast, The Offing, McSweeney's, HowlRound and American Theatre.
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