A few more thoughts on community
I have to say I was both surprised and energised by the reaction to my last blog, which seemed to indicate I'd tapped into a motherlode of dissatisfaction with the current status quo on this website. For too long, in my view, Xhamster has existed almost as a frontier town in the old wild west, its more forward-thinking inhabitants subject to persistent abuse and denigration from the bullies who think they rule our town. Well, I have news for them: it's a new century, and their dominance is as transient as a piece of tumbleweed rolling past the OK Corral.
All of us here are interested in viewing pornography in its various forms. A slightly smaller number are open to discussing the particular elements they find most fascinating, challenging, alluring. A much tinier percentage actually produces original content, most usually personal photographs or videos, but occasionally also blogs or short fiction. It is in their willingness to commit so wholeheartedly to the spirit of openness and transparency that such members are the lifeblood of Xhamster.
I will confess that at times I do catch the scent of cordite in my nostrils. There is indeed a battle on the horizon, but the lines have not yet been drawn nor the ranks decided. Perhaps I'm in the minority with my talk of respect and fairmindedness, but I think it's far more likely that I speak for a majority of Xhamster members who have long felt disconnected from higher ideals when between these electronic walls.
The crucible is this: honest discussion and depiction of mankind's most primal urge is only possible within a truly liberalized forum, but - let's be honest - much pornography falls well short of that liberal touchstone; it is up to us to square this particular circle, to elevate ourselves above the base heart of much of the material we are discussing. We call them 'adult movies', so let's be adult in engaging with this genre and our own interest in watching it.
All of us here are interested in viewing pornography in its various forms. A slightly smaller number are open to discussing the particular elements they find most fascinating, challenging, alluring. A much tinier percentage actually produces original content, most usually personal photographs or videos, but occasionally also blogs or short fiction. It is in their willingness to commit so wholeheartedly to the spirit of openness and transparency that such members are the lifeblood of Xhamster.
I will confess that at times I do catch the scent of cordite in my nostrils. There is indeed a battle on the horizon, but the lines have not yet been drawn nor the ranks decided. Perhaps I'm in the minority with my talk of respect and fairmindedness, but I think it's far more likely that I speak for a majority of Xhamster members who have long felt disconnected from higher ideals when between these electronic walls.
The crucible is this: honest discussion and depiction of mankind's most primal urge is only possible within a truly liberalized forum, but - let's be honest - much pornography falls well short of that liberal touchstone; it is up to us to square this particular circle, to elevate ourselves above the base heart of much of the material we are discussing. We call them 'adult movies', so let's be adult in engaging with this genre and our own interest in watching it.
11 years ago
Some battlelines are already being drawn whether we know it or not. And some of the worst offenders are seemingly untouchable due to being "part of the furniture" around here. But the population of decent, genuine (and most vitally, vocal) users is growing - and that can only sound the death knell for the ingrates. The smarter among them know this.
Ironically, porn is one area where traditional Hollywood body fascism holds little sway. Look at the career of Nina Hartley, still busy at 54; can you imagine a mainstream actress appearing in a love scene at that age? (Of course, no one raised an eyebrow when 56 year-old Harrison Ford romanced 29 year-old Anne Heche in Six Days Seven Nights, but the rules don't apply to actors.)
Poetry is deadly serious for some Porteños of my generation, you could meet Borges at any moment in the corridors of the Biblioteca.
One day it happened to me and only told him "Buen día, maestro".
That's the reason for me to write only computer programs and a few lines in xHamster. But I nearly don't dare to write in Spanish.
Amusing wordplay, an assertive rhythm,
Ideas splintered like light through a prism,
All leading to that great decision:
What word is best to rhyme with 'jism'?
See http://xhamster.com/user/1LuckyGirl/posts/47436.html
What she writes with her fingers she sustains with her mouth...
Wouldn't be the first time I'd stood for political office, by the way.