Status Updates From Ask: Building Consent Culture

“Power does not exist by itself, nor is it self-generating. It is attached to a locus: that “and” I mentioned. It is power and race, power and gender, power and money, power and (undue) influence, power and sexuality, power and authority (real or imagined). And power is not one-sided. There is always someone on the receiving end. There is always someone who feels the full effect and weight of power.”

“The liberation of women, queers, femmes, and female-identified people is about more than negative liberty—it is about more than “freedom from.” It’s not just freedom from rape, freedom from abuse, freedom from fear. It is also “freedom to”—freedom to express desire, to explore pleasure, to seek intimacy and adventure.”

Not a big fan of the foreword.