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#so here you are getting some contextless thoughts on the use of 'masturbatory' as sneering dismissive assessment!
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on principle opposed to describing art i dislike as 'masturbatory' because even though it's an alluringly contemptuous word to sneer it's impossible to reconcile with my pro-masturbation stance
#it's such an ugly word but like. self-pleasure is good‚ actually
#it's good to know yourself and what you like and lovingly treat yourself to it!
#like similarly 'meretricious' is extremely tempting if you ignore the underlying metaphor
#but. hard to.
#language
#and quite frankly i think people who whip out 'masturbatory' in this sneering sort of way
#are leveraging‚ if we're honest with ourselves‚ a particular framing of it as a gross thing that boys do
#because like. when have you ever heard a *woman's* self-indulgent art described as masturbatory
#like don't get me wrong we absolutely still dismiss it! but we dismiss it in other ways
#that are usually about how embarrassing her *yearning* is
#and so even our sneering is reinforcing an idea that men Act whereas women Feel
#anyway this was prompted by some things but i shoved it in the queue so now i forget what lol
#so here you are getting some contextless thoughts on the use of 'masturbatory' as sneering dismissive assessment!
#just what you were hoping for i'm sure :)
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