Author Archive
March 22, 2014 by Snarksy
Meandering
How often do you hear people discussing the chronological fluidity of sexuality? In my life, I rarely am party to these conversations. A lot of positive work has been done around fluid and queer sexual identities—from the basic idea that being bisexual doesn’t mean needing to ‘pick sides’, to the complexities of Judith Butler’s notions […]
January 6, 2014 by Snarksy
A Brief History of Kink Online: 1996 – soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm
(This post is part of a series about the history of kink online.) Today I am back to discussing one of my favorite parts of Internet history: Usenet.* In the early 90s, Usenet was one of the only places where kinksters could connect to each other online. The first major newsgroup for kinksters is called […]
December 23, 2013 by Snarksy
Sorry, Not Sorry, But Your Silence Around Abuse Is Not Helping
Some folks have pointed out that this post creates an unnecessary binary between abusers and abused, and this is a legitimate point I want to acknowledge. The cycle of abuse definitely means that some abusers were once abused themselves, and those people deserve support and compassion through their recovery. Thanks to the folks who called me out on […]
December 17, 2013 by Snarksy
This Last Week on A.S.B.: Procrastinator’s Edition
So! A few months ago, I started a new kind of post I like to call “This Day On A.S.B”. I wrote a lot there about why I love doing these posts so much, but basically old Usenet folks are quirky as shit and the content is weird, endearing, educational and vaguely sociology-ish in ways […]
November 15, 2013 by Snarksy