Comments on: xkcd examines the baseball diamond model of heteronormative sex http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/02/xkcd-examines-the-baseball-diamond-model-of-heteronormative-sex.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: violet http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/02/xkcd-examines-the-baseball-diamond-model-of-heteronormative-sex.html/comment-page-1#comment-4791 violet Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:04:27 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2456#comment-4791 2yk -- no no, perhaps I didn't make it clear enough that we use the baseball diamond model as the 'jumping off' point for opening the discussion of heteronormative sex at SFSI; I in *no* way meant to indicate that xkcd was making a narrow statement about sex and gender. obviously I love xkcd, and while much of xkcd is het-focused I love that their comics apply to pretty much everyone most of the time. this is a great example. if anything, it's slightly furry focused. furrynormative? on the flipside, there's no S in LGBT, so I think it'll be a while until we see an F. wups, need more coffee. 2yk — no no, perhaps I didn’t make it clear enough that we use the baseball diamond model as the ‘jumping off’ point for opening the discussion of heteronormative sex at SFSI; I in *no* way meant to indicate that xkcd was making a narrow statement about sex and gender. obviously I love xkcd, and while much of xkcd is het-focused I love that their comics apply to pretty much everyone most of the time. this is a great example. if anything, it’s slightly furry focused. furrynormative? on the flipside, there’s no S in LGBT, so I think it’ll be a while until we see an F.

wups, need more coffee.

]]> By: yk http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/02/xkcd-examines-the-baseball-diamond-model-of-heteronormative-sex.html/comment-page-1#comment-4788 yk Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:56:07 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2456#comment-4788 uh, actually, the xkcd doesn't refer to penis-vagina contact or gender at all in the baseball diamond diagram, and in the conversation above, both the boy and the girl talk about performing the acts on some unnamed "her." bonus: it doesn't define home base, but it does refer to both oral and anal sex. so, i don't see how this is heteronormative... uh, actually, the xkcd doesn’t refer to penis-vagina contact or gender at all in the baseball diamond diagram, and in the conversation above, both the boy and the girl talk about performing the acts on some unnamed “her.” bonus: it doesn’t define home base, but it does refer to both oral and anal sex. so, i don’t see how this is heteronormative…

]]> By: Nate http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2009/02/xkcd-examines-the-baseball-diamond-model-of-heteronormative-sex.html/comment-page-1#comment-4780 Nate Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:54:48 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2456#comment-4780 For those that are insatiably curious and incredibly nerdy - but a bit lazy... The binary code base is [as you might guess] in ascii: "base 2" :D For those that are insatiably curious and incredibly nerdy – but a bit lazy…
The binary code base is [as you might guess] in ascii: “base 2″
:D

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