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Lies: A Journal of Materialist Feminism - Libcom

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C.E.<br />

UNDOING SEX:<br />

AGAINST SEXUAL<br />

OPTIMISM<br />

I – STARTING<br />

A story we are told:<br />

You are on the brink <strong>of</strong> sexual freedom; it is here and at your<br />

disposal. It is asked only that you find it or make it. If before<br />

we were ugly, we may be beautiful now—still, you must make<br />

yourself natural, whole, and good. You were traumatized but<br />

you may recover, simply possess yourself. This is work to be<br />

done but it is a good work. Work on your shame, perhaps<br />

even fight those who shame you, and it follows that you will<br />

be free. At the end <strong>of</strong> it you will be whole and you will have

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