Revealing Femmegimp: A Sex-positive Reflection on Sites of Shame as Sites of Resistance for People with Disabilities

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  • Loree Erickson York University, is a queer femmegimp whose research brings creativity and theory together with her personal experience as a person with a disability to explore issues of sexual self-representation, embodiment and identity.

Abstract

This paper, which doubles as a call to action, draws on my personal experience, theoretical analysis, and sexually explicit self-portraiture to produce a sex positive reflection locating sites of shame as sites of resistance to western society's conceptualization of the body, regarding dependency, vulnerability, touch, and sexuality. Résumé Cet article qui sert d'appel à l'action tire de son expérience personnelle de l'analyse de la théorie et de l'auto - portait sexuel explicite pour produire une réflexion positive au sujet du sexe en repérant des partie du corps dites honteuses, comme des comme étant des parties du corps qui résistent à la conceptualisation du corps qu'a la société occidentale, en ce qui est relié à la dépendance, la vulnérabilité, le toucher et la sexualité.

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Published

2007-09-09

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Original Research