Thanks for this one! I also love SW and was not a fan of Secret Lives. The sex toy example from Secret Lives-- a straight woman with babies talking about her sex life within her marriage is actually not subversive at all, it upholds the values of the Mormon church while acknowledging that women should experience some pleasure from (procreative, straight, married) sex. Whereas, SW is a rich text on how fucked over women get in these situations and how they rebuild by leaning on each other. One feels very real and the other.. not so much.
Thanks for this one! I also love SW and was not a fan of Secret Lives. The sex toy example from Secret Lives-- a straight woman with babies talking about her sex life within her marriage is actually not subversive at all, it upholds the values of the Mormon church while acknowledging that women should experience some pleasure from (procreative, straight, married) sex. Whereas, SW is a rich text on how fucked over women get in these situations and how they rebuild by leaning on each other. One feels very real and the other.. not so much.