There is obviously a political context to this post. A context that difficult things have happened and more difficult things are likely to happen in the future. For people like me, and maybe you, there is a sense of powerlessness, a sense of what we think and what we do doesn’t really matter.
I also feel like I don’t recognize my country, or maybe that I just hate what my country has clearly become. It’s dispiriting, paralyzing even.
In the face of such challenges, this is not intended to be a pep talk. It is not intended to be a rallying cry (even I’m not quite so narcissistic as to think anyone would rally to a cry I made, I’m nobody). But, contrary to my parenthetic words, this brief article is about the things that a nobody like me – maybe like you – can do. And it’s not hypothetical, it’s based on small things I have actually done, small things I have actually achieved.
So, I write erotic literature if I am feeling pompous, and I scribble porn if I am in a more realistic mood. Some people expect me to be ashamed of this. I’m not. I think any form of consensual and legal sex is a blessing to be cherished and celebrated, not something dirty to be hidden. And it’s fun to write, I deal with real human emotions, as well as procreative bodily functions.
What difference can smut make in the world? Well maybe not a lot, certainly with my limited audience, but not zero difference either. Here are four examples of small changes I have made in people’s lives through what I write.
Read the full article: https://emilymillerlit.wordpress.com/2024/11/07/small-changes/
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