Scopophiliacs Anonymous: I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts

By Richard

Scopophiliacs Anonymous

June 19, 2012

Dery_Bad cover Resistance is futile: you will be assimilated. Among the tidbits in Mark Dery’s book of “drive-by essays” are some thoughts on Star Trek: The Next Generation slash porn. Captain Picard, the willing sex-toy of horny androids? But we’ve got our own persistent suitors: mechanisms, hot and willing, ready to couple with our culture and our lives…advertising, fascinatin’ fascism, eschatological religion…

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