On the whole, I agree with you about the "alternative" not being very alternative. I tend to think in situations like these that we're suffering from selection bias, though; certainly I know my social group self-selects for people to whom tattoos, piercings and such are normalised (as are things like an awareness of polyamory and queer-friendliness), but there are still plenty of people out there for whom they're quite extreme. For a reminder of just how left of centre I tend to be, the comment sections on The Age and The Herald Sun work fairly well, though they do tend to have a deleterious effect on my appetite... *wry smile*
I would be happy to find more porn out there that celebrated the "significantly different," as you describe it, without fetishising it. Unfortunately, the choice often seems to be between the two...
Still, the Internet is huge. It's gotta exist somewhere, right? *grin*
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Date: 2011-01-12 08:00 (UTC)I would be happy to find more porn out there that celebrated the "significantly different," as you describe it, without fetishising it. Unfortunately, the choice often seems to be between the two...
Still, the Internet is huge. It's gotta exist somewhere, right? *grin*