And fuck this, I didn't come out of years of fantasy, rescuing myself from a toxic parent and guilt-tripping myself through anti-sex feminism, politically correct lesbianism and socially-programmed homosexual activism so that someone else can make my goddamn sex life into a slogan.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker refuses to let their sexual life be turned into a political slogan after personal struggles.
- In plain terms
- I fought too hard to own my sexuality to let it become a slogan.
- What can you take from it?
- Protect your personal sexuality from political co-opting.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does politics affect your sex life?
- Whose agenda is serving?
Another view
Political slogans can help communities gain rights.
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