April 15, 2012
suzy-x:

newsweek:

Here’s this week’s cover, on newsstands and the iPad tomorrow morning. And the summary of the corresponding story: 

In an age where women are dominating - in the workplace, at school, at home - why are they seeking to be dominated in their love lives? Recent media portrayals have shown that a rising number of modern women fantasize about being overpowered, while studies are turning out statistics that bewilder feminists. New shows like HBO’s Girls and books like Fifty Shades of Grey are showcasing the often hidden desire for powerlessness. But why? Katie Roiphe examines the submissive yet empowered female in Newsweek. “It is perhaps inconvenient for feminism that the erotic imagination does not submit to politics, or even changing demographics,” she writes.

We haven’t seen the cover story yet, but color us intrigued! Let’s hear your pre-thoughts, tumblr.

Which women? I won’t go so far as to say that no women of color have submission fantasies, but given that you’ve based your work on media representations and whatever Katie Roiphe of all people has to say, I’m assuming you only mean straight white working women of the middle-upper class. While white women in particular are overrepresented when compared to WOC in television, film and journalism, it doesn’t strike me as anything new or compelling. My 2 cents.

This is going to ruin my life on multiple levels.

suzy-x:

newsweek:

Here’s this week’s cover, on newsstands and the iPad tomorrow morning. And the summary of the corresponding story: 

In an age where women are dominating - in the workplace, at school, at home - why are they seeking to be dominated in their love lives? Recent media portrayals have shown that a rising number of modern women fantasize about being overpowered, while studies are turning out statistics that bewilder feminists. New shows like HBO’s Girls and books like Fifty Shades of Grey are showcasing the often hidden desire for powerlessness. But why? Katie Roiphe examines the submissive yet empowered female in Newsweek. “It is perhaps inconvenient for feminism that the erotic imagination does not submit to politics, or even changing demographics,” she writes.

We haven’t seen the cover story yet, but color us intrigued! Let’s hear your pre-thoughts, tumblr.

Which women? I won’t go so far as to say that no women of color have submission fantasies, but given that you’ve based your work on media representations and whatever Katie Roiphe of all people has to say, I’m assuming you only mean straight white working women of the middle-upper class. While white women in particular are overrepresented when compared to WOC in television, film and journalism, it doesn’t strike me as anything new or compelling. My 2 cents.

This is going to ruin my life on multiple levels.

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  1. carlyon-fire reblogged this from andi-sz and added:
    TL;DR Because Newsweek says being kinky and feminist are obviously mutually exclusive attributes.
  2. lilli-rivera reblogged this from dontbearuiner
  3. catarina-carter reblogged this from futureblouse and added:
    pathologizing.2.
  4. nrgmovers reblogged this from newsweek
  5. alta-spencer reblogged this from turnoffyourtelevision and added:
    not.Jesus christ.This
  6. gnni-brown reblogged this from stuffcrazygirlslike and added:
    story.Sometimes, one
  7. cheat-black-ops-2 reblogged this from newsweek
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  10. chat-puant reblogged this from 123456789ferret and added:
    Allllll of ze commentary. And probably another example of women being seen as ‘dominating’ when being nearly equal/as...
  11. hyalophagia reblogged this from desliz and added:
    Thank you.
  12. 123456789ferret reblogged this from desliz
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  16. bananapeppers reblogged this from pandorasprings and added:
    I missed the April 23–30 Newsweek cover story when it originally made tumblr rounds. I’m reblogging this thread (and...
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  21. andi-sz reblogged this from katchan00 and added:
    *siiiiigh* As a feminist, a kinky person, and a sub (who admittedly tends to top from the bottom), all I can say is...
  22. the-mamishka reblogged this from strangersatthemall and added:
    This is why I pretty much avoid all magazines and social media. It doesn’t represent me. It doesn’t interest me. And...
  23. clarinetta reblogged this from iamilex and added:
    Frankly, I’m just going to wait and see what she actually talks about to judge…
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  27. manawolf reblogged this from bluandorange and added:
    It’s been well-said above, but yes, this definitely hearkens back to the whole “all those ladies REALLY want is a firm...
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  29. chantrykomori reblogged this from darkness-and-starlight and added:
    fuck kaitie roiphe fuck her okay just fuck her
  30. darkness-and-starlight reblogged this from katchan00 and added:
    I read this a few days ago and it was aggravating. The author only ever mentions sex as a physical encounter between a...
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