thoughts on the necessity of "sexiness" for women writers

Because even though I indentify as feminist, there are certain knee-jerk reactions that I don’t know if I will ever not have.  Recently I went to an open mic and a conventionally unattractive woman (overweight, not particularly feminine) read a poem about a sexual experience and my immediate reaction was aversion (closely followed by shame for having felt that way and I AM A BAD FEMINIST.)

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new blog post!  If you missed it yesterday, this is my new blog where I actually write things.  (This is the accompanying tumblr.)

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