Savage Love Episode 634
Savage Lovecast
Dan Savage
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the micro version of the Savage Lovecast, www.com. |
| 0:06.7 | If you're stuck in a relationship quandary, or if you're looking for sexual harmony, |
| 0:16.2 | well, there's nothing you can can't ask on Savage Lovecast. |
| 0:24.7 | Today is a sad day. |
| 0:26.6 | Millions of Tumblr porn blogs perished yesterday as Tumblr's ban on adult content went into effect on Monday. |
| 0:32.6 | This won't be a problem for people looking for porn online. |
| 0:35.5 | You can still find porn on the internet. I checked. |
| 0:39.1 | No, Tumblr's ban on adult content is sad and it's a problem, a real cause for mourning. |
| 0:45.4 | Because a lot of people with minority sexual identities or niche sexual interests sought and found |
| 0:50.9 | communities on Tumblr. And a lot of sex workers sought and found community and some measure of safety on Tumblr. |
| 0:57.9 | We'll have more on the depressing Tumblr news next week. |
| 1:00.8 | Like I said, today is a sad day for sexual expression and a sad day for a free and open internet. |
| 1:05.9 | But for some listeners out there, it is shaping up to be a sad week. |
| 1:09.7 | And that's what I want to talk about today. |
| 1:12.1 | Christmas is coming. And this year, like every year, the media is force-feeding us idealized |
| 1:17.9 | images of what Christmas is supposed to look like. Loving families, gathering together to give |
| 1:23.0 | each other cars, to talk, hug, reconcile, and carboload themselves into comas. |
| 1:29.3 | But not everyone gets a car for Christmas. |
| 1:32.0 | Not everyone is going home for Christmas. |
| 1:34.8 | And in some cases, it might be my fault. |
| 1:37.9 | There are people out there, I'm told, who actually take my advice. |
| 1:42.0 | And some of you have taken my advice on how to handle your homophobic families or your |
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