• UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    It’s possible for things presented in art to be sensual and sexy without it being cheap and lazy sensationalism. It’s a subjective thing, sure, but in broad strokes I can say that the “improvement” in the OP picture is cheap and lazy sensationalism.

      • BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 month ago

        This fit my experience growing up to a T. I was a teenager with unsupervised internet access, so a lot of the stuff I “learned” from sex came from material that treated misogyny, slut-shaming, and violence as a given. Discovering work that portrayed sex as something that could be founded in mutual enjoyment and respect was such a watershed moment for me.