Conversation starters

Play!Fight!

Below are some of the conversation-starters that have been contributed to Play!Fight!. You can respond to them by leaving a comment on this page.

 

What question would you ask about activism?

 

What is the world you dream of and do you think your activism is taking us there?  -LondonFaerie

 

How do people position their 'activist' community in relation to other communities they may be part of?  -Beccy

 

What is the most effective form of activism nowadays?  -Ettegoom

 

Can I really make a difference?  -Black Books

 

What is your ultimate aim/ goal?  -Adam

 

Can anyone be defiined as 'non-activist'?  -Anon

 

Why does the term 'activist' have such a stigma attached and why do people think it's just about protest marches and placards? -Tabitha Long

 

What question would you ask about kinky sex?

 

How does an exploration of kink alter/develop an individual's more public self? What are peoples' experiences?  -Beccy

 

Does your kinky sex feel like an act of rebellion, is it something normal and everyday or is it all of the above?  -Cas

 

What do you get from kinky sex that you might not from regular sex?  -Adam

 

In Orwell's dystopia, sex is purely procreational and not to be enjoyed. Do you think the exploration of kinks is a radical act?  -LondonFaerie

 

What sex isn't kinky?  -Claire

 

Why are 'kinks' viewed as they are? Surely they are just another form of sexual expression, as is abstinence?  -Tabitha Long

 

What do you play for?

 

To feel really, really deeply both physically and emotionally  -Ruth T

 

escape, ecstacy, feeling, numbing, to live, to heal, to revel in love  -Claire

 

For pleasure and freedom. Sexuality (like personality) is flexible and multi-faceted. I play to learn more about myself & others  -Tabitha Long

 

The journey back to myself  -Beccy

 

Graceful movement and sharp breaths. The fun and intricacy of rope. Total freedom.  -Cas

 

For fun. To know I'm alive  -Adam

 

What do you fight for?

 

The time when justice is not an exception, or an isolated victory.  -Beccy

 

Understanding and exploration. To expose and educate archaic beliefs that are rooted in ignorance and conformity  -Tabitha Long

 

Love (using only peacful methods)  -anon

 

To reclaim the space around us as a space we can live in as us. I want that space to be as wide as it can.  -Cas

 

For what's right for me.  -Adam