Are you still looking for recommendations? Though it's not a history book, I found this novel from a popular Japanese author who was gay:
Confessions of a Mask - Yukio Mishima
Sounds like an interesting novel so I'll be reading this.
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Are you still looking for recommendations? Though it's not a history book, I found this novel from a popular Japanese author who was gay:
Confessions of a Mask - Yukio Mishima
Sounds like an interesting novel so I'll be reading this.
RatskyWatsky
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BlazingDarkness
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Confessions of a Mask is a fascinating book
I can't bring it up to him at all because he'll get mad and start saying shit about the bible
RatskyWatsky
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Wtf is "coprophilic"?
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i was expecting war stories.
"An abnormal, often obsessive interest in excrement, especially the use of feces for sexual excitement."
Have you read it?
RatskyWatsky
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All Blazing does is read.
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Wait how does a Gayradar/Gaydar work
I love reading about fucked up minds. I'm hoping I'm not being too judgemental by calling coprophilia fucked up.
BlazingDarkness
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Yeah, and lots of Mishima's other stuff
I wouldn't say it gives much insight into homosexuality as a whole, but it does give a very personal (and unusual) insight into a man's understanding of himself
It's a really excellent read, can't recommend it enough
no it's pretty fucking gross. Also diaper play.
RatskyWatsky
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Hmmm...my tolerance for gross shit like that is pretty low, but I still sort of want to check it out. Decisions...
How's the translation? According to an Amazon review it's quite dated. I could read the French or Dutch translation as well.
I tried reading Confessions of a Mask a while ago and honestly just found it too slow and ambiguous to hold my attention. I'd still recommend it, if only because it's unique and probably unlike anything else you've read, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it a gay novel, and I was probably burned a bit operating under the assumption that it was one.Yes, I am still looking for recommendations! Thanks! I'll be sure to check it out.
Despite not liking it, I think it is too, and just bought a stack of Yukio Mishima's books since the man's life is incredibly interesting--perhaps more interesting than any of his actual novels.
Have you listened to Daphnis et Chloé yet?
BlazingDarkness
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I don't remember having any issues with the translation
And I'll echo that it's not really a 'gay' novel, it's just about one man's own understanding of himself
Yeah, it's a lot more introspective than what you'd consider a 'gay' novel, his plight isn't very relatable but it's still really interesting
You should read 'The Sailor who fell from grace with the Sea' next, if you've bought that one, amazing little book.
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RatskyWatsky
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It's a form of gay witchcraft.
Muggle.
He does seem like a really interesting person, just from skimming his wikipedia page. He committed suicide by seppuku after a failed coup d'etat? Shit.
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It sucks that I was born without the Magical power of the Gaydar : | maybe it's hidden deep inside...
lol Shit I do this : / But's it like staring for 2 seconds and a glance every 8 seconds.
: /
BlazingDarkness
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I've read this a while ago and it's great. I want to read 'I Am A Cat' next.
BlazingDarkness
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'I am a Cat' is really funny!
I lack one too :/ I need incredibly strong "hints" or I'm pretty much screwed.
I love reading about fucked up people, but coprophilia doesn't sound interesting at all.
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Maybe one day when the time is right, maybe one day... : (
Yep. I don't know anything about classical music, but I listened to this recording and while the piece didn't personally move me (and to your credit, I believe you did say that it would different for different people), it was really serene, even during the crescendos. It reminded me quite a bit of A Midsummer Night's Dream, although I can't pin down why.
BlazingDarkness
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I barely remember any mention of that in the novel, it's probably a fleeting comment.
There's more fascination with the male body (in particular, the armpits) than anything really obscene
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I was going to make a Prostate joke but then I thought that it was in bad taste even for me.
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Yes I was sitting in my computer reading the sentence over and over but decided to go for it and hit reply in the end.
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RatskyWatsky
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Thank god.
2nd canceling?
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Lol i saw that stealth edit. Good thing too
Heheheh ; )
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The whole Queer thing for me is just pushing it, I think US culture is obsessed with Political Correctness to the point of being absurd, like doubting about what to think about coprophilia. Its fucking gross thats what it is, and I certainly don't care if I'm offending anyone, because it is fucking gross.
I've been down that line of thought, if I was judged for being gay, and I was called "gross", am I in a position to tell anyone they are gross? I've realized that yes, I am, being gay in no way compares to eating feces. That line of thought only means we still think being gay is not a good thing. I even got to think the same about pedophiles, and how maybe I was like them, I realized I was just still judging myself and thinking I was not a good person, that was simply wrong.
It's a mystery to everyone, specially us nerds. I just hope the love of my life has an extremely good one.
The eye contact works somewhat, but there are plenty of people, gay or straight, that cannot maintain eye contact at all even with someone they like, is not 100% guaranteed to work.
I've been down that line of thought, if I was judged for being gay, and I was called "gross", am I in a position to tell anyone they are gross? I've realized that yes, I am, being gay in no way compares to eating feces. That line of thought only means we still think being gay is not a good thing. I even got to think the same about pedophiles, and how maybe I was like them, I realized I was just still judging myself and thinking I was not a good person, that was simply wrong.
It's a mystery to everyone, specially us nerds. I just hope the love of my life has an extremely good one.
The eye contact works somewhat, but there are plenty of people, gay or straight, that cannot maintain eye contact at all even with someone they like, is not 100% guaranteed to work.
I think feces is disgusting, but it's a well-known fetish, and if people like it and decide to engage in some sort of activity involving it with somebody else who's open to the idea, it doesn't bother me. That's not me being politically correct, just not caring what other people do.
Most of the time I don't even know if I should post what I think because of this political correctness obsession. I just don't get it, it really is absurd.
Mystic Theurge
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What's not to get?
People don't want to offend other people. Either out of genuine concern or fear of backlash.
I find that the people who complain the loudest about political correctness, the "get a thicker skin" people, are often the most easily offended when you saying something about them.
People don't want to offend other people. Either out of genuine concern or fear of backlash.
I find that the people who complain the loudest about political correctness, the "get a thicker skin" people, are often the most easily offended when you saying something about them.
I don't want to offend other people, I'm all the time thinking when I'm talking to other people, always worried about not offending. I've been like this for quite some time... Most of the time I completely understand the political correctness, but there are always some situations when I think it gets really absurd. At least to me, sometimes it seems as if people are twisting the words just to find something to complain about.
Just found out about this thread --> feces fetish...
Anyway this political correctness is complicated for an european to deal with, because sometimes we say things that in our countries would be completely harmless but not in America.
It is not surprising that people have these strange fetishes, sex is most of the times best when it is forbidden, nothing screams forbidden like feces.
Anyway Hi everybody!
Anyway this political correctness is complicated for an european to deal with, because sometimes we say things that in our countries would be completely harmless but not in America.
It is not surprising that people have these strange fetishes, sex is most of the times best when it is forbidden, nothing screams forbidden like feces.
Anyway Hi everybody!
What sorts of subjects do you talk about where you feel like you're treading on thin ice and people are twisting your intentions? I get that feeling occasionally on GAF, but in person, I've never really had that worry.
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