Before i headed to Kozui, morato earlier this evening, i managed to still get myself irritated over this incident. i was THAT annoyed i dint realize i was walking very briskly toward the traffic gridlock of San Mig Av, until motorists simultaneously buzzed me back into logical thoughts again.

I was really only able to calm down when i thought of the takoyaki i was surely having for dinner. i have been craving for the really good takoyaki (not those which are sold in food court stalls, ulk) which i haven't eaten for quite some time.

over our servings of takoyaki, my friend and i got to conversing about a subject, a literary genre that i have only heard of then. LITEROTIKA. and yes, your guess is as good as mine. it's erotic literature.

she told me that a couple of people are considering the Literotika novel "One Night Stand" as an indicator of feminine liberalism. The short of the said novel--the heroine "f*cks around", as my friend put it. (or you could also refer to a panitikan.com.ph news archive excerpt below)

he said that a heroine who f*cks around does not indicate feminine liberalism.

i have certainly not read the book. yet. (and now that it has intrigued i might just go and buy myself a copy). so i told J that if the only premise those people have for the indication of feminine liberalism in a heroine is her liberality in performing with ease the most consummating human act, then definitely, that is not enough. Because if she is merely f*cking around, where's the greatness in that?? it's plainly whoring, nothing uncommon about it. if you throw in a wad of cash, then it becomes the cut-and-dried story of prositution. (And as jogalynne aguilar would have it: "SO YESTERDAY" dah-ling).

But, if you would put in another premise to the whole f*cking drama--say, for instance, this is a heroine who sleeps around because she simply could and because she doesn't believe in the politics of it all; or because this heroine could go down on the first night because she's audacious enough to go against the social norms depicting loose women; or because this heroine is smart enough to be just as savvy and tricky as her gender counterparts, then hell yeah, that'd be a good springboard for feminine liberalism.

because if you really wanna liberate the feminine, then you should be able to provide postulates which would remove the woman from the usual social constructs. Start with the age-old depiction of women who melodramatically sulk behind in tears when their men left them after mind-blowing sessions of groping-in-the-dark sex. Change that nauseating portrayal. Show that women, are not unlike the traditional depiction of men anymore. Women can, and will if necessary, make love out of nothing at all (lalalalalala), not for the cash or the pleasure of it, but to get even, for once. Because women could exhibit the manly after-lovemaking characteristics of complacency, disregard, and indifference too.

Because a woman, could be that self-absorbed too, that her ego wouldn't be bruised by something so mundane as a man who wouldn't bother following up on her after a hysterical night of exultations. Because if feminine liberalism were to be contextualized in the sexual aspect, women should never suffer the double standards that conservatism has confined them with.

Don't I just adore takoyaki??

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Not a few people have told me I think differently from others. Maybe I do. Granted I do, I surely didn't intend to just deviate. How i think, how i act, how i conclude from point A to point B and hereforward, are all results of what "ought" stands for me.

So please don't use what i am against me. Just don't. If you're damn too reserved for me, then don't take notice of me, ignore me, because i honestly couldn't care less. when people prove too out of sync for me, i don't bother with them. So please, please, afford me the common courtesy of not minding me, lest i trample upon your highly morals and inhibitions.

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lifted from www.panitikan.com.ph

November 4, 2006

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Iba-ibang hilig, kanya-kanyang libog at natatagong pantasya sa seks ang inyong aabangan buwan-buwan. Samu't sari ang tawag ng laman na pinapayaman ng isip na tanging sa imahinasyon lamang nagkakabuhay.

Hot! Wild! Sexy! Ito ang mga larawang bumubuo sa ating mga basang panaginip kung gabi at nag-iisa sa kuwarto habang nakahiga sa kama. Ngayon, ang lahat ng ito ay mabibigyang-buhay sa bawat pahina ng mga nobela ng LITEROTIKA.

Babae, lalaki, third sex, bata o matanda ay may kanya-kanyang eksena na tumatakbo sa isip na parang isang pelikula. Pantasya ng nagbibinatang estudyante ang private lesson kasama ang masungit pero seksing si Ma'am na madalas umaangat ang maiksing skirt habang nagsusulat sa pisara. Habang to sir with love naman ang drama ng kolehiyala na in lab sa kanyang guwapong propesor. Sa pagpasok sa klasrum ay suot ng dalaga ang maiksing skirt na lumilislis sa tuwing nagkukuyakoy ng legs habang nakaupo sa front row, dahilan kung bakit madalas pagpawisan ng malagkit ang nagle-lecture na si Sir. Mapaglaro ang imahinasyon ni Mister dahil sa kanyang pagnanasa sa biyuda pero seksing kapitbahay. Madalas niya itong inaabangan sa umaga na magwalis sa harap ng bakuran dahil ang suot lang nito ay braless na sando at maiksing kuyukot shorts. `Di rin mapigilan ng pasyente ang paninilip sa cleavage ng konserbatibong nurse habang ito ay nakayuko sa kanyang harapan para kuhanan siya ng blood pressure. Mataas ang libido ng isang middle-age na dalaga dahil sa kakaibang pakiramdam ng nakakukuryenteng paghawak ng kanyang yoga instructor sa kanyang balakang habang tinuturuan siya ng tamang posisyon sa pag-meditate, makapag-concentrate kaya siya? `Di na rin iba ang isang gabi ng pag- oovertime kasama ang isang wild na officemate kung saan `di lang brainstorming ang nangyayari sa conference table.Pero hindi dito nagtatapos ang lahat. Dahil sa kabila ng bawat kuwentong libog ay may istoryang may saysay ang bawat tauhan.

Ang kolehiyalang si Grace ang bida sa "One Night Stand", ang isa sa dalawang pinakaunang handog ng Literotika sa mambabasang Pilipino. Iba-ibang lalaki na may iba-ibang personalidad, iba-ibang iskor at iba-iba ring laki ng ari ang kanyang naging pakikipagsapalaran. Lungkot, libog at pagod at kung ano-ano pang emosyon ang kanyang naging laban sa paghahanap ng tamang lalaki para sa tamang pag-ibig. Makabagong bayani ang tawag kay Scott dahil sa kanyang pagsabak bilang isang OFW sa Korea na dahilan kung bakit iniwan niya ang kanyang asawa na si Gelli, isang pre-school teacher at ang kanilang anak sa Pilipinas. E-mail ang naging kasagutan ng nobelang "Mingaw" para sa mag-asawa upang mapunan ang kanilang pangungulila sa isa't isa. Tinahak ng kuwento ang naging kasagutan ng mag-asawa sa kanilang pangangailangang pinansyal ngunit paano naman ang pangangailangan ng katawan?

Sa Literotika, malayang inilalarawan sa wikang Filipino ang kulturang Pilipino, seks at lipunan. Matapang at lantarang hinuhubad para sa mambabasa ang iba't ibang istorya ng bawat kasarian nang walang kimi at hiya para maipahayag ang tunay na pagnanasa ng ating katawan at isipan sa pamamagitan ng panitikan.

Ang edisyong Literotika ay mabibili sa lahat ng National Bookstore outlets. Para sa karagdagang impormasyon, mga interesadong distributor at/o manunulat, tumawag sa 856-0347 o mag-email sa market2@philsprint.ph

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