Porn for the blind
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 09:06 amThis WIRED commentary introduces an open-source community project that enables sighted people to provide audio descriptions of divers porn clips on the net.
Not only a good idea in itself, but a possible resource for the wonderful slashers who are populating General Jinjur's podfic archive.
Let's reappropiate our cultural products as people with disabilities! To the barricades!
ETA: Yet another audio porn site. While these supplementary sites are lovely examples of free-will cooperation, it's a step backward in the accommodation arena. As long as our access depends on charity (no matter how sincerely or enjoyably proffered) instead of on civil rights, our participation is "special," marginalized, and totally fragile.
Not only a good idea in itself, but a possible resource for the wonderful slashers who are populating General Jinjur's podfic archive.
Let's reappropiate our cultural products as people with disabilities! To the barricades!
ETA: Yet another audio porn site. While these supplementary sites are lovely examples of free-will cooperation, it's a step backward in the accommodation arena. As long as our access depends on charity (no matter how sincerely or enjoyably proffered) instead of on civil rights, our participation is "special," marginalized, and totally fragile.