It's very interesting to me that some people had this experience, because I didn't. My erotic feelings came on early enough and gradually enough that they never seemed like a sudden or shocking change, or like something foreign being imposed onto me.
Menstruation definitely does feel like a Lovecraftian horror, though. I still find it kind of shocking every single time. Also I got sterilized so as to never have to endure pregnancy.
When I subscribed and clicked the download link for the story, I instead got the JSON response {"error":"unable to find post hosting file, given fileKey"}. Given this, I suspect something is wrong with the link.
I thought this was a very well-written story.
"the shock of suddenly wanting sex, an activity which previously seemed incomprehensible and kinda gross"
That quote (from this post) reminded me of Duncan Sabien's post, "On Puberty, Identity, and Sex" ( https://homosabiens.substack.com/p/on-puberty-identity-and-sex ).
It's very interesting to me that some people had this experience, because I didn't. My erotic feelings came on early enough and gradually enough that they never seemed like a sudden or shocking change, or like something foreign being imposed onto me.
Menstruation definitely does feel like a Lovecraftian horror, though. I still find it kind of shocking every single time. Also I got sterilized so as to never have to endure pregnancy.
I shared the story with Duncan when I first wrote it and IIRC he enjoyed it. :)
The female reproductive system is pretty fucked up.
Wait, where do I find the story? I’m stupid
If you subscribe, the link should be in your welcome email; please let me know if you can't find it!
Huh. I subscribed, but didn’t get any email. Weird.
Interesting! Lovecraftian framings of puberty seem to be a surprisingly common thing. There's also DyE - Fantasy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9mG_NAMYCY
When I subscribed and clicked the download link for the story, I instead got the JSON response {"error":"unable to find post hosting file, given fileKey"}. Given this, I suspect something is wrong with the link.
oh ffs. Thank you for finding all the bugs!