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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Mar 21

    New video essay! Watching people’s stories unfold on the big screen can be fascinating and exhilarating, but the act of looking can also feel uncomfortable, invasive, even violating.

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  2. 7 hours ago

    Last thing before muting. Looking back on this I should have included a tweet explicitly saying that if a sex scene does include non-consensual or otherwise unhealthy interactions, then ask yourself how is that behavior framed and shot? Is it questioned or celebrated by the film?

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  3. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    We don’t make movies for the $, but this kind of $ sends a message. Even if that message is “let those Daniels make another one” that’s all we could ask for. So from the bottom of my weird lil heart, thanks for going to the theaters & supporting our little film that could 🚂

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  4. Retweeted

    Amber Heard vilification is already being used like Gamergate, a lure issue to funnel men into far-right politics via witch-hunting

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  5. Retweeted
    15 hours ago

    TYSM to ppl like , & for bringing up why the relentless coverage of the Depp-Heard trial is an troubling continuation of gamergate-inspired behavior & the pushing of right-wing propaganda. via

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  6. 14 hours ago
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  7. 15 hours ago

    If we lived in a culture where everyone already had a clear understanding of boundaries and consent, asking these kinds of questions would be unnecessary. Sadly, we live in a world where many are still very confused about those things.

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  8. 15 hours ago

    I see there’s an epic strawmanning competition going on in the quote tweets. Twitter is truly a delight. Once again, these questions are just part of a framework for understanding and discussing sex scenes. They are definitely not filmmaking rules. That would be absurd.

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  9. 18 hours ago

    This is an argument in favor of sex scenes in movies and also in favor of critically examining those sex scenes. Somehow a bunch of people are mad about that.

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  10. 18 hours ago

    It’s fascinating to me that many of the snarky responses to this thread simultaneously insist art is so important that it shouldn’t be questioned but also art is so unimportant that it has no real impact of people’s views or behavior.

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  11. 19 hours ago

    Notice this thread is *not* an argument about how all sex scenes should be filmed. It’s a thread about the questions we should ask when analyzing and talking about sex scenes and their larger cultural impact. That should be obvious to anyone reading this in good faith.

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  12. 19 hours ago

    Now that filmbros have found this thread we might also ask why so many people get upset at simple questions about how consent is represented in media? Why do so many find the very idea of consensual sex scenes “boring,” “uninteresting,” “unsexy,” or an affront to art itself.

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  13. 20 hours ago

    Anther important question to ask is why there are so few Hollywood sex scenes that model the principles of affirmative or enthusiastic consent? It’s actually kind of shocking that depictions of positive healthy sexual relationships are so rare in media.

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  14. Retweeted
    May 19

    "As our fragile democracy faces growing threats from exactly the sort of right-wing terrorism on display last weekend in Buffalo, we can't afford to ignore the gendered elements."

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    May 19

    I would end homelessness and food insecurity in the world.

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  16. Retweeted
    May 19

    I think this applies to sex scenes in books, too.

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  17. May 18

    There can of course be other behind-the-scenes issues within the film industry involving coercion, power dynamics, or "male gaze" style camerawork but the above questions are important to ask when examining sex scenes within visual narratives.

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  18. May 18

    These are the type of framing and messaging questions we should be discussing when it comes to sex scenes on the big and small screen.

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  19. May 18

    If a character decides to have lots of sex, is it portrayed as normal and healthy? If a character decides not to have sex, is it also portrayed as normal and healthy? If a character decides to stop having sex even as it's happening, is that also portrayed as normal and healthy?

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  20. May 18

    It's particularly important to ask about the communication (or lack there of) between characters having sex in a story. Do they talk about what they want or like? Are they attentive to each other's desires or boundaries? Do they check in with each other before, during, or after?

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  21. May 18

    Sex scene discourse is back again and once again missing the point. The question isn't should sex be portrayed (yes), the question is *how* is sex portrayed? Is it consensual? Is it coercive? What are the power dynamics? Is it mutually satisfying? Is everyone having a great time?

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