11/19/19 review of the book Public Sex, by Patrick Califia

Here is the link to my November 19, 2019, Twitter thread review of the book Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex, by Patrick Califia.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

1/7/19 discussion about age of consent laws in America

Here is the link to my January 7, 2019, Twitter thread discussion about some of my specific opinions regarding the laws about the age of legally recognized consent to sex in America.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is very affected, and is only somewhat coherent. My apologies.

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6/24/18 discussion of criminal youth/adult love cases

Here is the link to my June 24, 2018, Twitter thread discussion about my feelings about youth/adult love relationships.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads out of chronological order through 2018 and 2019. This thread is affected, and is only somewhat coherent. My apologies.

I would also like to mention that in this thread I detailed the recent history of legal cases regarding love affairs between women and girls, and how these cases, and my own feelings about society, had influenced my opinions about America's laws regarding the age of legally recognized consent to sex.

The feelings I express in this thread are largely unchanged. If anything, my only criticism of this thread is that, in the time since I wrote it, I really have not worked as hard as I should have to get a full understanding of the legal landscape regarding this issue.

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3/31/18 discussion about FOSTA-SESTA

Here is the link to a Twitter thread discussion I did in March of 2018 about the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017, or FOSTA-SESTA.

This thread came after I'd read FOSTA-SESTA a couple of times and had more time to research the sex work industry and how that industry regards issues about sex trafficking. The thread reflects that thought but also my continuing thoughts on freedom of sexual expression, the sexual expression of LGBTQ people, and the way this law seems to target both of those things online. The thread also asks if the online platforms people use every day have gotten so big, they need to be thought of as vehicles of free speech, not just as companies. And it questions sex- and LGBTQ-related police activity and initiatives in my home state of Colorado.