Andrea Dworkin

How disappointing! The otherwise extremely sensible sexintelligence newsletter tells us:

"[Andrea Dworkin] feared sexuality, believed it's [sic] dangerous, and knew that women aren't lusty. "

I've just emailed its author this quote:

"Second, being a lesbian means to me that there is an erotic passion and intimacy which comes of touch and taste, a wild, salty tenderness, a wet sweet sweat, our breasts, our mouths, our cunts, our intertangled hairs, our hands. I am speaking here of a sensual passion as deep and mysterious as the sea, as strong and still as the mountain, as insistent and changing as the wind."
- Andrea Dworkin

I've just bought one of Dworkin's erotic novels, and it's going to be a fascinating read.

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I must and shall have a knitted Marvin.

Old BSG

You know, Richard Hatch actually puts in a pretty decent performance as Apollo. I'm now less surprised at his giving a very good account of himself in the new show. We're up to War of the Gods, the two-parter featuring Patrick Macnee in the flesh as opposed to just a voice, a story which intrigued me as a young teen. I'd hesitate to call it (or any other episode) actually good, but it's probably the most sophisticated bit of scripting so far.

We also just watched Fire in Space, which I remember from my adolescence as the one where they squirt fire-retardant foam out of the vipers instead of laser beams. *splodge* *splunge* *spooge*