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Alternative
October 21, 2004
I’ve been thinking about the connotations of this word a lot recently, spurned by me thinking about and applying to become a model on an alternaporn site, and at the same time discussing alternative porn and alternative sexuality with the lovely Sativa Verte, who is the star of “Alice in Footland” and is also working in the office these days in a non-naked capacity.
Okay, let me back up a bit.
The word “alternative” in my teen years was applied liberally to music – the grunge, the ska, and the pop punk. So that’s how I became acquainted with it.
But now to leap forward a bunch, in the past two years, since I’ve become an avid fan of the online personals ad, I’ve struggled with ways to describe myself – and I’ve tried, really I have, to not be insanely obscure or long-winded in my self representations. Often, I’ve used the word alternative – meaning, alternative in mindset, alternative in physical presentation.
Saying that I’m alternative has always suited me well in ads that are not pay for play. But a while ago, I used the phrase “alternachick” in a ho ad, and I got quite a few responses from guys who were excited that I may be a she-male. A shift in etymology and context.
“Alterna” as a prefix to the word “porn” generally signifies porn that shows models who are different from the models in mainstream porn, and might have body mods, different kinds of clothes, and maybe different body shapes than you see in mainstream porn.
But whenever I speak of alternative porn to Sativa, she focuses on the acts as being alternative. To her, alternative is the kind of video with foot worship, tickling or giantess fetishism.
There’s no easy answer to this dilemma. The word will continue to be used in a bunch of contexts to mean different things.
This post has been brought to you by my personal, slightly perverted Old English Dictionary.
Posted by Dacia at October 21, 2004 12:22 PM
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