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Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 ([personal profile] azurelunatic) wrote2007-05-24 01:25 am

PORN.

Y'all who missed this week at writers group missed out on a doozy.

I had my meeting with the education coordinator. I was prepared for the "some women think you are an exclusive bunch" thing; we're taking steps about that one. But that was hardly the #1 concern. No. Nor was the "y'all are too loud" thing the #1 concern, even though yeah, that too.

No.

When we go around the group to introduce ourselves and what we write? The fact that more than one of us casually says that we write erotica was cause for complaint.

[Edited to add: I want to make this absolutely crystal clear. Not the reading of erotica during the session itself: the "I'm [livejournal.com profile] hcolleen and I primarily write erotica" part of the group. The introductions.]

We're ... reviewing our options.

She was really nice about it; she was more uncomfortable about it than I was. Basically, the center has Policies, and "porn in classes" is not one of the things that fits their vision, even though her personal views are different from the center's views, and I pointed out that properly done erotica can be incredibly empowering for women ... preaching to the choir, but the church doesn't want any.

I didn't hardly even get to bring up the part where what the center is aimed at is more along the self-help-group lines, and we need to be able to accommodate the women coming in looking for a self-help group.


...tonight sure was sex and chocolate night again, even though hardly anyone had anything even close to erotic in their stories. Ecchi-chan reached the infamous "you have a hand" part of Winter Break, but that was it. It was all about the PORN, baby.

[identity profile] smmc.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Right now, I'm wishing the daytime cold/flu medicine hadn't been packed off to Texas already. I'm also wishing I had my lotion laced tissue from the car. >.>

What time will H make it down to the hotel, do you know? Chas called me from work a short bit ago, announcing he is getting off work at 4 and wants the boys dressed and ready to go as he's heading off to tucson tonight. To get a trailer hitch on the car since none of the uhauls here in the valley had an available hitch. >.>

[identity profile] hcolleen.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I can be there about 5 ish if that works for you. Later would be kinda rough getting to group on time, but I can do a little earlier if need be.

[identity profile] smmc.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
5ish is good. Or better be. I hope traffic doesn't suck bad enough that Chas takes an hour to get from work to here. Especially since he needs to be at the uhaul in tucson by/before 7 since that's when they close. =)