i’m working on the discolology of björk but i’ve barely started and it’s gonna be a lot. gonna have spooktobers to post en octubre. until then, what can i say to bump myself up the sidebar? lessee…
One of the reasons trans gals got whammied so hard by the “autogynephilia” theory (advanced by some cissexist I don’t care to look up) is because the feelings around thinking of one’s self as a woman can be very sexual in a society where women are objectified – and women are not blind to the messaging that is conveyed through advertisement. The theory pops like a balloon when you ask the question, do many cis women get turned on by the idea of themselves as a woman in sexual contexts? In cute outfits etc? Yes? I guess that’s not so much a pathology for a woman now, cis or trans, is it?
Thinking of one’s self as a woman in sexual contexts does lend itself to developing fetishes, which hopefully don’t eclipse all other possibilities of arousal+release in the person who has them. Trans gals, at least in the latter half of the twentieth century thru the present (that I know of), have been quick to latch onto “forcefem” / forced feminization scenarios. Like the romantasy author who subjects her author-insert main character to being raped by bad boys and werewolves, this is a way to divorce yourself from the “blame” for your desires. Makes sense. It’s kind of a cultural touchstone, occasionally verging on in-joke? As fetishes go, it’s kinda cute. I’m not big into it, but I do have a novel on the backburner that takes it into litfic territory.
More recently, it’s become popular to take objectification to another level and adopt “it/its” pronouns. I’m sure you can think of at least one creepy context of that being done in fiction (hopefully) by someone expressing disdain for a victim, but in the realm of fantasy, whatever goes. This should be seen as distinct from “objectum” kids, about whom I know zilch. For these people – mostly trans gals, some others – being treated as an object has (sometimes sublimated) sexual appeal. They’re also usually into some flavor of bdsm fetishes.
So. Maid fetish, objectification fetish, art descended from the mutant mannequins of Hans Bellmer, and… gals who fantasize about being cute dollies. Sometimes in maid outfits, sometimes packing plasma cannons from mashup with “gunpla” and “bjd” hobbies. I feel like this post really could use about five times the length to properly communicate its concepts, but it’s supposed to be dashed-off in-between content, so bear with me.
Again, I’m not really into it, but it has a cute aesthetic. You go, girls.
Now you know about #dollcore. Be a doll, would you?
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When you started talking about Björk, I thought you were going to talk about the Sugarcubes band she was in.
they will be mentioned but not reviewed in my article. you have opinions about them? they were pretty dope, i say.
omfg this björk thing is so much work! but maybe it’ll amuse. fingers cross’d.
I saw her once, thought it was pretty good, but as you know, I am not really into music anymore:
From what I’ve heard (and perhaps future psychology will refute this) a lot of kinks are rooted in trauma. By which I mean, there’s no specific type of kink rooted in trauma, but that individual people may develop kinks which they would not otherwise have had without their trauma(s).
If their trauma(s) is/are cured, their kink(s) *may* go away… or not, or only some of them. If a particular kink is something which they indulged in, enjoyed, and embraced… or something inherent to one’s particular neural wiring… then it won’t. Again I will caution that this may not be true, as the evidence so far is anecdotal, plus a bunch of unrelated studies about different sex-related subjects, which taken as a whole, seem to vaguely point in that general direction.
But *if* there’s some truth to this, then it would go a long why towards explaining why women are more likely to develop kinks with elements of being passive or victimized than men are – because they have traumas revolving around having been powerless (or having been made to feel that way) – and also why transgender people often seem to have a lot of kinks generally.
snowb – that sure feels right!
john – that video is blocked in my country. probly i should vpn up, heh.
WTF is WMG?
huh.
Clip is ‘Björk – It’s Oh So Quiet (HQ)’ from 17 years ago.
(Plenty of others there)
warner music group? if i guessed right, ugh, remove this brand recognition from my brain.
edit to add – i feel as if something randomly flickered out of existence just now. what could it have been?