Festival organizers have developed some creative solutions to the problem posed by long lines. Image source: The Training of O.com.
Plans for Scotland's first Festival of the Erotic Arts, scheduled to be held in Edinburgh in June 2012 is whipping prudes of all stripes into a froth, according to a report in Scotsman.com.
Tory city councilmember Jeremy Balfour expressed concern in particular over bondage events: “Bondage workshops do cause me concern because that can be humiliating to women and I think it can pick on the vulnerable as well. I think it is degrading and not the kind of thing we should be encouraging in our city in the 21st century.”
I guess it just goes to show that Der Stupid is an international thing. There's also a Church of Scotland prelate prattling on about "degrading=bad" without any regard for consensuality and so forth, the usual social conservative mind rot.
What sets the story apart from what you'd see if it was set in America is that the organizers, instead of curling up into a ball and crying "Don't hurt me! Please don't hurt me!" are sticking to their whips. Festival director Donna McGrory said, “We unapologetically wear our sexualities on our sleeve with the erotic arts festival, which is an event to promote sex positivity and the work of erotic artists.”
I guess next time there is a protest against sexy bondage in the US we can send a delegation over to Scotland to borrow a cup of balls from Ms. McGrory.
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