How erotic fanfiction lets women explore their sexuality without shame

Welcome to No Shame November! This week we’re diving into the pop culture we love that society tells us we shouldn’t.

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Masturbating to horny fanfiction makes the world a better place.

Now, before your eyebrows fly right off your face (looking at you, literary snobs), hear me out. Because I know. “Smutty” or erotic fanfiction is almost always talked about in tones of either horror or mockery.

And it’s true: In the multiplicity of fanfiction, there’s a ship (aka “relationship”) for all to sail on — including even those who gets off on Harry Potter fucking the Giant Squid.

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