I am…

by Juliana Harris

Posted to Utterances on 2002-11-12 17:18:00

Parent message is 322177
despite appearances and certain contradictions, extremely conservative. I am also an intensely private person. No, I don’t respect erotica. If you do, that’s cool. I have respect for you as a writer though, Doreen. I regard you as a notable artist. I love Anias Nin’s non-erotic stuff. I was raised differently than most Americans. My mother for starters is 42 years older than I am, and from a culture that Americans consider to be opressive to women, which is only perception. All of these things swirl together and make me a feminist’s nightmare. Sex to me is a non-issue in life. Too easy & available. Like riding a merry-go-round or getting really high. Just not something I want to bore myself with.