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Physical Feedback: Introduction

I've decided to start reviewing pornography on this blog, mainly because I feel it's the one category of art that just doesn't seem to have much criticism going on in it. Most art critics have this silly idea that pornography is somehow beneath their notice, and most people who view it as a valid and important form of expression don't seem inclined to become critics of it themselves (outside of occasionally complaining about industry trends) so I figure I might as well pick up the torch myself, in the hope that the barrenness of the market might afford me some visibility and eventually lead to a cultural shift. If not, well at least I'll have fun whacking off to smut and then blogging about it. It's a win-win situation.

So: Physical Feedback will update weekly, on Sundays, partly because that's when I'm free to spend some time writing about porn (after spending some time using it as intended so I can actually focus worth a damn while writing about it) and partly because the thought of sitting at home writing about porn while other people are off at church just tickles me inside. There's no set format for the text of the review, I'll just be talking about whatever I find noteworthy in the piece in whatever order I find appropriate, but at the end there will be a numerical score. This score will be placed on a scale of -5 to 5; 0 is the border between porn that I like and would consider returning to, and porn that I dislike and would prefer to avoid. Obviously the further from that border, the more strongly I feel.

Finally, a content warning. These reviews will contain images, generally ones captured from the subject of review, so don't read them at work or anywhere else that you'd be worried about someone seeing filthy filthy smut on your screen.

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