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In 1926, Virginia Woolf published an essay on pain, “On Being Ill.” Isn’t it extraordinary, she observed, that pain does not rank with “love, battle and jealousy” among the most important themes in literature. She lamented the “poverty of the language of pain.”
This page is a queer lesbian account through all sorts of pain, caused by the political era of an increasing cruelty, as experienced by a Finnish lesbian in her mid-50s.
It is both about lesbian age(ing), and about the queer/lesbian condition & survival.
The author writes in English even though if it is not her native language.
She believes that these issues may be of interest (and important) beyond national borders and conventional barriers of lingual perfection.
Copublishing dialogues with my colleagues and/or friends is the form I find the most inspiring – and also politically creative.
Would you like to publish co-posts, please do get in touch!!! 🙂
Queer Pain 
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/02/the-neuroscience-of-pain
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https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/an-nyu-sexual-harassment-case-has-spurred-a-necessary-conversation-about-metoo
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Also of interest: Susanne Johansson (2018) ‘Am I sexually abused?’ Consent in a
coach-athlete lesbian relationship, Sport, Education and Society, 23:4, 311-323, DOI:
10.1080/13573322.2016.1202819
(Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cses20
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2016.1202819
ABSTRACT
Elite-athlete Karin was 17 years old when the considerably older team
coach Selma became her girlfriend. Responding to calls to prevent harm
and sexual abuse in sport, this study represents Karin’s story,
investigates how she makes sense of her coach–athlete sexual
relationship, and analyses what can be learnt about consent. Although
sexual consent is often the defining criterion of sexual abuse, consent is
rarely explicitly defined or its social implications examined. Moreover,
there are no studies on coach–athlete lesbian or gay relationships
despite sexual minority vulnerability. The interview with Karin was
analysed using narrative case study methods; represented as a short
story and discussed in reference to sexual consent theory. The analysis
outlines contextual factors conditioning the negotiation of consent and
problematises heteronormative, gendered perpetrator and victim
stereotypes. Secrecy, alienation and isolation is recognised, extending
into additional vulnerability inflicted on socially problematic and atypical
coach–athlete relationships. In conclusion, social implications of consent
are more complex than yes/no to sex or inherent incapability to
consent. Consent is multi-layered, alternately absent and present; an
ongoing process that includes compromises, contradictions and (re)
negotiations influenced by structure and agency. Further research
examining a diversity of sexual experiences among majorities and
minorities is proposed.
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