Hi Dawna,
I was simply trying to get the word out about these two issues. The managing editor asked me to do this. The article mentioned by the person who complained below was actually published in a Disability Studies Quarterly that focused on disability and sexuality which Linda Mona and I edited in 2002. I did not have anything to do with editing the most recent American Sexuallity issue. It was the new special disability and sexuality issue of the journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy which I edited and to which I was primarily alerting list members. American Sexuality is a less academically focused publication but it also put out by the National Sexuality Resource Center. I was totally unaware of the plans to put out disability and sexuality issues of both magazine and journal at the same time. But it obviously makes sense from a marketing perspective.
In terms of the poor taste exhibited by myself and Linda Mona five years ago. What can I say--the article is about those artists who are reclaiming stereotypical images of disability, especially in terms of sexuality through their art. I think Ronda Gowland's title was meant to be controversial to reflect the controversy that surrounds this topic. I have not seen the new issue of American Sexuality, but the version of this article that she wrote for us in 2002 was not quas-pornographic and was not a voyeuristic exploration of human sexuality.
Thank you for passing on my message. I am saddened that my posting has caused someone to want to be dropped from a list-serv. I merely wanted to alert folks to what I consider to be important scholarly work done on the topic of disability and sexuality, and also to some more accessible articles in an accompanying magazine. Perhaps we should all think about the possible repercussions we might get if we post certain potentially controversial messages on particular list servs. Best,
Russell
-- Dawna <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi, it was been brought to my attention by someone a post I had
submitted to a listserv was offensive and they were so offended about
the topic they wanted to be removed from the listserv.
I wanted to make it clear to everyone all I was doing was passing
along a publishing alert for Sexuality Research and Social Policy and
American Sexuality Magazine that someone else had posted to a very
popular disability studies listserv. If people found my posting
offensive, I do apologize, but their offense was misdirected.
I would like to suggest if people have a problem with the content of
those journals to either write a letter to the editor, post publicly
to the listserv, or if they wish to be removed from the listserv to
contact the listserv manager. Don't shoot the messenger, that's what
the delete button is for.
Thank you.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Dear Dawna:
>
> I'd like to have my e-address dropped from the **** list-serv.
>
> Whereas I am still very much interested in disabilities issues, and
> consider myself a dedicated advocate for the "differently-abled," I am
> not a proponent
> of vulgarity, lewd displays or provocative literature masquerading as
> serious scholarship.
>
> I find Dr. Shuttleworth's decision to publish a piece entitled "Freak ----er*
> (*acronym for Forbidden Unlawful Carnal Knowledge) was lacking in
> prudent judgement, and is in excessively poor taste. Quasi-pornographic
> and/or voyeuristic exploration of human sexuality does not belong in a
> scholarly journal.
>
> The gift of human sexuality is a precious gift from God, which becomes
> even more precious when the changes of aging or ravages of disease
> threaten its healthy expression. Being "differently-abled" (or
> "disabled") does not automatically consign one to becoming a willing
> and avid consumer of sordid materials which degrade the sacredness of
> the human body and the holy mystery of the sexual union. There is no
> perfect or direct correlation between a contorted body and a contorted
> mind (although somewould prefer to think so). "Be not deceived, God is
> not mocked..." (Galatians 6:7). When we "throw what is holy to the
> dogs," we are in no position to ask the Master for "even the crumbs
> that the little dogs eat."
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration.
>
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