Tuesday, April 20, 2010

smokey the bear says: only YOU can prevent squirrel rape

Yesterday morning I awoke to squirrel sex. They were going at it on my porch with a kind of one-sided zeal that I have only seen among dogs humping chair legs.

Missionary position. The act was not consensual.

I was overcome with a desire to queer up the animal kingdom--figure out some way to introduce these furry, thrusting creatures to the world of consensual kink. Throughout my morning run along the Lakeshore path, I thought about making squirrel zines, but perhaps this is not the kind of revolution that can be self-published.

Thoughts?





2 comments:

  1. squirrel missionaries.....?!
    go for it, buddy...queer up that animal kingdom. i may not join you but i will watch with great pleasure.
    (squirrel revolution.....? i suggest that it is possible that squirrels are the revolution. also, see internet flurry over gay dolphins, cats, queer birds, lesbian lizards, etc.)

    relatedly, today in class we all became animals. (not a discussion course.) many people said they had a hard time interacting with other human beings (in guise) because their first priority was "finding a mate" and "there weren't any other great white sharks around." as a vampire squid, i was definitely not anyone's potential mate but into playing. no one wanted to play (prioritizing food, mating) until az and then she hugged me and i screamed and freaked out because of the unexpected, nonconsensual interspecies contact.

    all in all, i'm curious about what might qualify as an "abusive relationship" or "nonconsensual sex" among animals. i assume that they would just leave/die/choose another mate. and i don't quite believe that the animal kingdom suffers from patriarchy/homophobia in quite the same way humans do.

    in conclusion,
    i encourage the squirrel zine effort...zines for people on existing queer squirrel practices.

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