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	Screw Normal!

aerynvala

6-12-2007 7:23 AM

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society, culture, glbt, fandom, freedom

aerynvala says:

Part of a wide-ranging discussion in fandom on livejournal about not freaking the mundanes with our kinky shit. Notable, to me, for the last quoted section in particular.

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