A brief overview of what’s happened over the last week #InSearchOfPleasure.
September 23 is Celebrate Bisexuality Day
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Every year since 1999 on 23 September is Celebrate Bisexuality Day, a day to recognize and celebrate bisexual history, bisexual community and culture, and to fight biphobia and bi-erasure.
It’s also known as Bi Visibility Day.
In a digital world made of images, being visible means existing. And bisexuality still suffers from invisibility because of many stereotypes associated with it, both inside and outside LGBT+ communities.
Here’s a list of common myths, misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding bisexuality:
- Bisexuality is just a phase
- Bisexual people are just confused or undecided
- When bisexuals date people of a different gender they stop being bisexuals and become straight
- Bisexual people are actually gay or lesbian but afraid to come out
- Bisexuals are more likely to cheat
- Bisexual people are greedy
- Bisexuals are always interested in threesomes
- Bisexuals are equally attracted to men and women
When it comes to bisexuality, I like to refer to a quote from Sense8
Lily Allen is now eligible for the club of people having sex in an aeroplane
Lily Allen allegedly joined the mile high club with Liam Gallagher in 2009 https://t.co/Lk1jSKrPJH
— Metro Entertainment (@Metro_Ents) September 16, 2018
In her new tell-all book My Thoughts Exactly, Lily Allen revealed (among other saucy stuffy) having sex with Liam Gallagher in the toilet on a plane to Japan in 2009 while he was still married to Nicole Appleton.
That made her earn a spot in the Mile High Club, the club of those who engaged in an intercourse at an altitude of no less than one mile in an aeroplane.
The Mile High Club include other famous names, like Richard Branson and Barbra Streisand, but also a long list of unknown lovers who join the club by writing down and publishing their sexual adventures on the club’s official website.
Viral video of a man masturbating sparks calls for greater empathy
‘Viral’ video of autistic man masturbating on MRT train sparks calls for greater empathy https://t.co/Uh5qDW4KJi pic.twitter.com/56zNrJB4rw
— TODAY (@TODAYonline) September 22, 2018
A few days ago, a video posted on Facebook showing a man touching himself while staring at a young girl on the Singapore MRT went viral causing immediate outrage. Commentors’ feelings changed when the man’s aunt, after seeing the video, wrote a heartfelt post. She explained her twenty-something nephew has autism and the mental ability of a 10-year-old; since young, he was bullied at school and “one of the things the bullies did to him involves masturbation” but “there was no way of finding out the extent of the abuse”. She expressed her sadness and anger for all the people who “instead of having the courage to confront and correct” him “took the video and posted it on the net”.
“This society would be a much better place if we could stop judging and start caring, stop seeking to be understood and start trying to understand”.
It’s a chance to start thinking about how some people with disabilities are left without a proper sexuality education.
Ancient Greek’ erotism is shocking Valencia
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Spanish artist Antoni Miro turned the erotic scenes painted on ancient Greek ceramics into life-size metal sculptures displayed at Valencia’s harbour, in the public eye. The steel figures are engaged in various sexual activities like fellatio, masturbation, vaginal intercourse. They provide a foretaste of an upcoming exhibition at a cultural centre opening soon nearby.
“It must be seen with normality; it’s an act of love,” said the artist in response to controversy aroused by his work, which is installed right where it belongs, “in front of the Mediterranean sea looking towards Greece, the cradle of culture.”
Countdown to a vibrating hot Christmas
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Countdown to Christmas has started as the first erotic advent calendar released on the market this year.
Amorelie‘s option contains vibrating toys, erotic accessories and bondage products from big brands, with We-Vibe’s popular couple’s vibrator being one of the highlights. It’s worth a total of £400 and comes at £124.90.
British Lovehoney is yet to release an official advent calendar this year, but there’s a more affordable option, that can be adapted to any month: the 30 Nights of Hot Sex calendar containing 30 days of saucy instructions.
Image source: TN.com
![Ritorno a Scuola.
Quel luogo che dovrebbe insegnare ad abitare il mondo. A coabitare il mondo. A coesistere.
Che dovrebbe fornire gli strumenti per comprendere il mondo.
~ comprèndere: v. tr., dal latino, composto di [cum] con- e [pre(he)ndĕre] prendere: contenere in sé, abbracciare, racchiudere.
Quel luogo che dovrebbe accogliere e far sentire viste e ascoltate e valide le individualità contrastando l’individualismo.
Che dovrebbe nutrire la persona oltre alla personalità.
Che dovrebbe coltivare l’unicità e metterla in relazione con altre unicità per costruire collettività;
valorizzare la diversità e far sentire comunità, parte di un insieme.
Quel luogo che continua a ignorare il valore dello stare bene, con sé e con l’altrə.
Che ancora posiziona le persone su binari paralleli che partono un po’ da Marte e un po’ da Venere, invece di farle camminare insieme, farle comunicare e farle costruire relazioni sane, rispettose e gratificanti.
Quel luogo che abbandona le generazioni giovani, piccole e piccolissime a loro stesse nella gestione del groviglio incasinato che sono le emozioni, le relazioni, la sessualità e il rapporto con il corpo, con i corpi, tra i corpi.
Quella palestra della vita che dovrebbe allenare l’empatia e il rispetto - dello spazio individuale, dei confini, del consenso, di chi e cosa ci circonda.
Quel luogo che dovrebbe nutrire e crescere future persone adulte consapevoli, capaci di autodeterminarsi e libere.
Le persone libere sono meno controllabili, meno riducibili, meno confinabili.
Le persone libere sono felici.
E godono di più.
Siate liber*.
Buon ritorno a scuola.
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