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Rachel Kramer Bussel on Sarah Palin Erotica

A web site for Sarah Palin erotica? You betcha!

Friend-of-YourTango Rachel Kramer Bussel is on one of our favorite blogs, TheFrisky, giving an interview about.....drumroll, please!......Sarah Palin erotica.

We've already established some people think Palin is hot.  (Others are driven wild by her First Dude!)  An enterprising Bussel, an erotica writer and former sex columnist for The Village Voice, started the web site, Sarah Palin Erotica, to quench that polar bear-sized thirst.

Here's Bussel's response on why people are so hot for the Alaskan governor:

I think first it was because of her looks, but almost immediately her story, wild as it was, entranced people. Even those of us opposed to her politics couldn’t help but be captivated, and part of that captivation is her sexual allure. That doesn’t necessarily mean we all want to have sex with her (just to be clear, I don’t), but we want to know more about her, including what she’s like in bed. I read a UK reporter likening her to Princess Diana in terms of her appeal to the crowds. She’s brash, outspoken, gutsy. She’s a woman and a mother, in so many ways highly traditional, and yet totally not. I think she set off a lot of hot buttons around women’s roles in the home and workplace, as parents, and as sex objects.....

I think we were fascinated by her, too, because she was so sure of herself, even when, perhaps, she shouldn’t have been. The sheer gumption she needed to push her way to the top is part of the charisma a good politician has, and that’s sexy. For many of us, her accent, her pushiness, her look were all things that made us wonder what made her tick. I think for any public figure, or authority figure, we wonder whether their sexual persona, what they do in private, what turns them on matches or is opposed to their public persona. For some of us, they’re exactly the same; for some, they’re different.

Even her appearance on “Saturday Night Live” showed that she was a good sport. She almost seemed in on her own joke. I think that made her even more attractive.

"In so many ways highly traditional, yet totally not...."--- well put!

Yet despite Bussel's articulate explanation of Palin's allure, I'm on the fence about Sarah Palin erotica.  One the one hand, what people are attracted to should not be policed -- and I've spoken with enough men who are genuinely turned on by the Alaskan governor. 

But on the other hand, I get this icky feeling when I think about a female vice presidential candidate being praised for her looks rather than her accomplishments.  (Nevermind what I actually think about her accomplishments....)

This conundrum of mine gets down to that nitty-gritty feminist debate about whether sexualizing someone is always objectifying -- and if objectification is so wrong or if that's just the Puritans talking.

Can you relate?

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been uesed for my money Married Be honest with yourself
Posted January 23, 2009

Gov Palin's appeal can be quantified as an independence, out-spoken pride and fearlessness. Things that most folks wish they had more of. I grew up in Alaska at about the same time as the Governor but never ran into her. I, too was into varsity sports and a member of the 'in' crowd but I never let those things go to my head. I thought everyone enjoyed life and had the same things as I did. I also dated Miss Alaska 1980 (Sandy Lashbrook) for a short while and I will tell you that both of these women are more alike than not. Although Ms. Lashbrook is lesser known, she had the same 'mouthy chick' appeal as I recall. It takes a special type of person to willingly place themselves in the public eye and I applaud those who do. Having run for local politcal office I can say you either enjoy it or you quit. I'd run again in a minute and I hope Gov Palin does as well. She is the real deal.

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Seaman Single
Posted November 12, 2008

and she does it on purpose.

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savannah Engaged We'll get there eventually.
Posted November 12, 2008

a lot of people have fantasies about the sexy teacher/librarian/housewife palin channels all of that.

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