tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940979667756321870.post5470097360281619381..comments2009-12-27T12:45:13.171-05:00Aviva DVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07283328910986366972noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940979667756321870.post-89054206055552433792009-12-27T12:45:13.171-05:002009-12-27T12:45:13.171-05:00Nice Reading. Thanks<br /><br />Houston Cubicles and Office Furniture Solutions - Cubicles, Lateral Files, and Seating<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cubiture.com" rel="nofollow">office furniture cubicles</a><br /><a href="http://www.cubiture.com" rel="nofollow">Houston office cubicles</a><br /><a href="http://www.cubiture.com" rel="nofollow">Houston office furniture cubicle</a><br /><a href="http://www.cubiture.com" rel="nofollow">Houston workstation cubicles</a><br /> <br />Cubiture™ - 713-966-6044 - Houston Cubicles and Furniture Seller - Cubiture™ - FSCI, New and Pre-owned Office Furniture, Houston - Cubicles, Lateral Files, and SeatingHouston cubicles office furniturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516939735848129108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940979667756321870.post-5363934020579522862008-11-18T23:16:00.000-05:002008-11-18T23:16:00.000-05:00@Penny: Thanks for pointing that out! I thought I'd corrected that, actually. Oops...fourth wavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07283328910986366972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940979667756321870.post-24506208164932403282008-11-18T09:56:00.000-05:002008-11-18T09:56:00.000-05:00Just a detail to correct, credit where credit is due and all that: I'm not the author of the post on disablism and access to feminism at Incurable Hippie--I just submitted the link for the carnival.Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940979667756321870.post-78323301873709900422008-11-17T19:08:00.000-05:002008-11-17T19:08:00.000-05:00Lovely job thanks - some new blogs here definitely to add to my blogroll!<BR/>NatalieNatalie Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14532656474135299433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940979667756321870.post-74432521791192988322008-11-12T16:09:00.000-05:002008-11-12T16:09:00.000-05:00I'm a little uncomfortable with the "Fan Fiction and Consent" link, because there's quite a bit she says there that mirrors (probably unintentionally) some pretty ableist stereotypes about mental illness and sex and the ability to consent or not consent to it. <BR/><BR/>I'll re-post what I commented there with:<BR/><BR/>Found you through the Carnival of Feminists. I'm not familiar enough with the fandom you're describing to know the characters, so I can't say one way or the other whether I think this pairing is creepy. But I will say that I'm quite bothered by this:<BR/><BR/>"BUT. I hold that Terra was mentally unwell. (As do many other people.) Thus, her relationship, in my eyes can never be "consensual." Because mentally unwell people cannot give consent. This is why I consider Slade to be a rapist. There is a difference between a crazy 15/16 year old and a sane one of the same age."<BR/><BR/>The idea that people who have mental illnesses cannot or should not have sexual autonomy is really creepy, and a widespread ableist assumption that breaks up loving relationships, prevents people who want to from getting married to people they love, and ignores that people can and do have sexual desires and enjoy sexual experiences, even if "unwell." The idea that mental illness completely vitiates someone's consent is really creepy.<BR/><BR/>Now, "I don't think she was ready for sex with this other character because this particular psychological problem she dealt with made her misinterpret this motivation from the other character," I can understand, and have no problem with. But I'd like to ask you to reconsider your blanket language here.<BR/><BR/>Plenty of people who have plenty of mental illnesses -- including some of the Big Scary Granddaddies of Illness -- can and do consent to sex. So... I'm not asking you to rewrite this or anything, only to keep it in mind for the next turn of the Rantage Wheel.<BR/><BR/>You may also be interested in reading this post, on the same topic and how this stigma impacts real people: http://trinityva.livejournal.com/916135.html<BR/><BR/>I hope that, as feminists, we can call attention to the problems with sex that involves taking advantage of people -- particularly vulnerable young people who may be going through tough times -- without falling back on tired ableist rhetoric about mental illness and "protecting" those who have it.<BR/><BR/>Especially since, as Cheshire points out in the post I link, "the good mentally ill woman" is one who submits to the sexless life society expects of her. <BR/><BR/>Intersectionality is important. Many of us know that from our own personal struggles, but have a difficult time realizing when we trip headlong over someone else's.Trinityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06846032433424879965noreply@blogger.com