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this is the most soulcrushing framing of the twink concept I've ever seen. The internet usually stops at charli xcx

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ahhhh, this so kind, thank you!!! as a retired twink, I have spent a lot of time navigating the sexual politics of twinkdom and though charli is inextricable from the culture, she's definitely used to make the twink seem very superficial.

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Aug 1Liked by James Worth

Do I dare say this is… tasteful? It is brilliant. Simple? Very much yes… though I don’t know what it is to be, it feels like I know, or want to know.

Is he object or person, man or woman, pleasure or agony? Is he everything, as none of these things? A waking dream? An irresistible nightmare? Terrible desire. A myth? A legend of shame, even more desirable in the shadow. Is he only him as taboo? As the uncertainty of the questions he embodies. Are these the very things that make him desired? In love with the devilshness of someone hating that they love him.

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