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I disagree with the notion that the Huak Twah girl has anything to do with our political hellscape, or that enjoying sex is somehow coded "right wing" (I read the Slate piece and was reminded of why, despite my personal left wing politics, I stopped reading that site years ago).

In this current age, we try to find subtext in anything, when in reality, to paraphrase Freud, a BJ joke is a BJ joke. IF we take a huge leap an look at her through a conservative lens, we can maybe sorta argue that because she's so open and free about her, um, techniques, that she represents maybe the "cool girl" aesthetic that bro culture loves. But even that's a leap, considering that this audience is the same one that would shame her in an instant if she didn't wanna go down on one of THEM. So, no, I don't think she's some sort of RW icon, and (in reference to the thesis of the Slate piece), it's stupid to think that her memery represents any sort of "conquering of the sexual discourse" by the right.

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How modern. Monetize, diss or dismiss. Usurp agency and sell it back as instruction, permission or therapy. It is not human, but we lack self-confidence and are malleable so we are fooled for a while.

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