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Aug. 19th, 2013 02:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogFor the last few years, I haven't bothered using any filters here on Livejournal. There are two reasons for that. First, I haven't written anything that it would make me uncomfortable to share publicly with anyone who happens to be reading. Second, I haven't written anything that I felt other people might be uncomfortable reading about.
I'm at a point in my life where the first consideration isn't much of an issue. I would, of course, put personal confidences from other people behind cuts or in a private entry if it was something I wanted to write about for my own reference in the future. But I'm in a position where I want to be quite open about all the things going on in my life and, when I have time to write it up, my thoughts and analysis of those things. This is even more so here on LJ vs. places like Facebook, since LJ gives me a veneer of anonymity. Finding me here takes a little bit more than knowledge of my legal name; I guess I feel like if you've gone through that trouble, maybe that fuller sharing is what you're interested in.
The second consideration, though, is still important to me. What bring this up, of course, is the thought that I might start writing about 'adult' stuff like sexuality and the kink community. Danae used to be more active in such circles, and while school and projects have kept she and I pretty busy for the last couple years, it's something we'd both like to explore again as time allows.
I don't want to subject people to discussions of things that make them uncomfortable. At the same time, my writing here is often a kind of rambling synopsis of what's been going on in the last while. It seems artificial to segregate talk of sexuality into it's own sealed-away entries. That's both because I feel like the taboo nature of sexuality is itself a bit artificial and problematic, and because sometimes I think that removing sexuality from the larger context of what else is going on in my life ends up removing something ineffable from both of them. I feel like a holistic view of life is important.
So I dunno. I'll think about these things a bit more.
What do you think?
I'm at a point in my life where the first consideration isn't much of an issue. I would, of course, put personal confidences from other people behind cuts or in a private entry if it was something I wanted to write about for my own reference in the future. But I'm in a position where I want to be quite open about all the things going on in my life and, when I have time to write it up, my thoughts and analysis of those things. This is even more so here on LJ vs. places like Facebook, since LJ gives me a veneer of anonymity. Finding me here takes a little bit more than knowledge of my legal name; I guess I feel like if you've gone through that trouble, maybe that fuller sharing is what you're interested in.
The second consideration, though, is still important to me. What bring this up, of course, is the thought that I might start writing about 'adult' stuff like sexuality and the kink community. Danae used to be more active in such circles, and while school and projects have kept she and I pretty busy for the last couple years, it's something we'd both like to explore again as time allows.
I don't want to subject people to discussions of things that make them uncomfortable. At the same time, my writing here is often a kind of rambling synopsis of what's been going on in the last while. It seems artificial to segregate talk of sexuality into it's own sealed-away entries. That's both because I feel like the taboo nature of sexuality is itself a bit artificial and problematic, and because sometimes I think that removing sexuality from the larger context of what else is going on in my life ends up removing something ineffable from both of them. I feel like a holistic view of life is important.
So I dunno. I'll think about these things a bit more.
What do you think?
