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Thinking a lot lately about the merits of Pleasure Activism as a mode of resistance. From my IDFA DocLab paper: “Chan & McKnight point to the pleasure activism movement that is "re-examining pleasure as a way to reclaim agency and resist oppression,"” professionals.idfa.nl/stories/idfa...

24/4/26, 8:33 pm3 reposts10 likes

Kent Bye (Voices of VR)

@kentbye.com

24 Apr

Chan & McKnight talk about “how pleasure can cultivate ‘friendship, intimacy, resistance, sexual pleasures, affective embodied experiences, and artistic exploration.’ Focusing on these incorporating these pleasurable pursuits emphasizes joy and makes us less susceptible to being controlled by fear.