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Since a book isn’t happening any time soon, I’ve turned to something less ambitious and actually far more in the spirit of classic anarchism: zine making. 

This is the read-friendly version, print-friendly version coming soon. 

This is beautiful. Here is a transcription of the text in the images:

[Cover]

A first exploration into why I like kink but NOT bdsm

by rolequeer.tumblr.com

TRIGGER WARNINGS:

  • rape culture
  • predators
  • abuse

[Page 1]

I think kink is really amazing.

All these possibilities to find eroticism or romance or care in unlikely places.

[Page 2]

There is:

  • shoes,
  • fantasy,
  • fabrics
  • (playing) creatures,
  • gender roles,
  • places,
  • touch,
  • dirt,
  • cleaning,
  • publicity,
  • history,
  • roles,
  • orgasms (or not),
  • drag,
  • clothing,
  • styles,
  • privacy,
  • your kink here: __________.

[Page 3]

But if you look for kink you find “BDSM” and that’s usually like…

  • …one person is powerless,
  • and getting tied up,
  • and likes pain,
  • inferior,
  • Pornografic,

and the other is like the exact opposite.

…

That’s not very creative. (Boring! Restrictive! Binary!)

[Page 4]

And,

For a community that claims to value consent and communication, BDSM sure has a lot of…

  • “let me push your boundaries”
  • “but you know you LIKED it”
  • violence,
  • “it’s not rape if…”
  • “but did you use your safeword?”
  • “expressing your desire is topping from the bottom”
  • “you don’t like that…yet”

…along with trying to protect an image of NOT being abusers, ends up protecting abusers, rapists and predators.

…does not allow conversations about consent violations.

So they
talk the talk
but they end up
not walking
the walk.

[Page 5]

Imagine if we could restart kink, explore it without BDSM.

without racism
without rape culture
without sexism
without domism
without patriarchy
without transphobia
without shaming
vulnerability.

This is not easy. We’re not all happy and healthy, and neither are our kinks.

[Page 6]

But it seems worth the

trip
exploration
work

Imagine…

  • kink without power binaries
  • without identity borders or flags
  • kink without dominants
  • kink without clearly defined roles
  • kink as a world to explore, not a club to join

Imagine exploring.

[Back Cover]

Fuck copyright.

Steal my stuff.

If you would like to print and distribute this zine, there are print-ready versions of the above imagines available here.

Thank you so much for making a transcript. After about 3 hours of scissors and glue I was too tired to do that today. thanks <3

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