tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196163935457463870.post1090821226394790552..comments2023-10-09T14:44:54.023-05:00Comments on Mission: Spork: Hubbard the Sexual CreatureNathan Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504332787476259342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196163935457463870.post-63530822565549246772023-10-08T20:50:51.314-05:002023-10-08T20:50:51.314-05:00I think the biggest problem with Mission Earth'...I think the biggest problem with Mission Earth's sexual content is that, as opposed to plain old smut, it seems just a little too revealing of how the author really sees the world. I mean, there are people who do believe you can rape lesbians straight, and the content of this book gives me every reason to think Hubbard was one of those people.Sarospahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573687462138777773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196163935457463870.post-3528696180745736322014-05-08T19:57:08.544-05:002014-05-08T19:57:08.544-05:00The late 80s were about the time of my transition ...The late 80s were about the time of my transition from an outspoken 'homophobe' to a supporter of gay rights, so I remember the contemporary portrayal of homosexuals in Western media very well. While people of the late 80s were rather more ignorant of such things than they are today, ME's depctions of Twolah etc. are still very anachronistic. (While reading it, I had to look up the word 'catamite' in a dictionary, and it wasn't there.)<br /><br />This is of course part of a the much larger problem involving Hubbard being out of touch with the times, which also shows itself in less offensive ways with New Yorkers wearing still wearing hats, a 6'2" male being unable to source clothes from a non-outsize shop and terms like 'white mule' (there is a White Mule winery, but Crobe's 'white mule' is moonshine).Citizen Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551943900464131687noreply@blogger.com