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educate people on this part of female anatomy because some people, especially men, find the images offensive and/or "nasty"? Some ask similarly regarding real-life images of sex acts -- to them, real-life images of sex acts are better simply because they are the real thing. But the difference is that the topic of sexual acts is a lot more taboo and vulgar than the topic of sexual anatomy, often anyway, and so the
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And as for
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guideline applies even more seriously to images of sex acts than to images of sexual anatomy by themselves. To some people, it is all porn. To others, there are differences, including the fact that porn is meant to sexually arouse people. The sexual images at
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What drives me to expand, or possibly create, sex-related articles is the interest in informing people of these topics. Accurately informing them. It's like I state at the top of my talk page: "I believe that it's best that I help this site, seeing as many people come here for information (Knowledge
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Hrm, never saw that, but I wouldn't agree with the characterization "this approach has been working well, as editors such as
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And, like I told you, going with a drawing or a painting, or computer-generated image, of a sex act is usually less offensive to our readers than going with an image of a real-life sex act. Our readers are less inclined to call such images "porn" when they think of them as simply drawings, artistic
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I fully understand your need to remain anonymous during your lifetime. However, I do hope that you will consider putting into your will that your identity will be revealed upon your death. You are incredibly talented, and you have used this talent to contribute to mankind, as evidenced by the fact
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I don't necessarily see what is aesthetically pleasing about them, except that some people find pornography aesthetically pleasing, or, in the case that his images are of white people, some people have a prejudice there and would prefer to look at white people. Despite the criticism
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I no longer check this page on a regular basis. I only responded now because you left your email address, in an albeit cryptic fashion, on my talk page. Leaving open the possibility that someone may contact you pretending to be me. I have never granted an interview request, and will not do so now.
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talk page, for example. If there were drawings (including diagrams) or paintings, or computer-generated images, of the vulva instead of real-life images of the vulva, I'm sure that there would be far less complaints at that talk page. But should we not show images of real-life vulvas to better
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I'd like to ask you, how to draw as professional pictures to articles about fetishes as yours? I'm satisfied about their quality – like in some recent Disney Pixar's movies. I want to make a new picture due to the fact that someone from PL-Wiki reported my handmade draw from the
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Also, regarding my commentary that using paintings or drawings has been working well, it's like I noted in the aforementioned discussion that included you, me and
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The paintings or drawings are also simply porn to some of our readers, but less pornographic than a real-life image would be to them (or at least to a good number of them). Seedfeeder's images have been criticized, but they are an asset to our sexual articles.
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that we're likely to get." I can point to various cases where our readers simply are not willing to compromise on real-life sex images but are willing to allow a painting, drawing or computer-generated image of the sex act. The most recent case is
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early 30-somethings) as sexually active and beautiful, and the older people and elderly as less sexual or as asexual, and less beautiful (especially in the case of women); this is perpetuated by society at large, and is addressed in our
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Kontakt: Hi
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article commenting on Knowledge (XXG) who stated, "I’m very excited of the possibility to show my penis everywhere in the world, everyone can see it. … My penis is the fourth when you search penis on google images."
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Hi Seedfeeder, I'm a writer at Gawker. I find your work fascinating and am interested in interviewing you (I know you have declined interviews in the past, but figured I'd try my luck anyway. Send me an email at
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I'm also interested in Seedfeeder's images beyond their educational use. Would you agree that there's something aesthetically compelling about them (beyond simple pornography), and if so, what do you think that
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to sexually arouse anyone, except for in the case of exhibitionists, like the aforementioned penis guy, who intend for their images to sexually arouse. These images are meant to educate.
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