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Alice Sparkly Kat

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The way we talk about consent is often anticipatory. We talk about discussions before and stopping during.

Alice Sparkly Kat Consent In The Aftermath Aug. 15, 2022, 1:43 p.m. I came to age in the era of enthusiastic consent. I was told all the time that consent is at its most clear when it’s given enthusiastically. Whenever I would hear this, my sarcastic brain would go “well, what if I’m too depressed to be enthusiastic about anything?” But I kid. Enthusiastic consent is just a framework. Like all frameworks, it clarifies some things and obfuscates others. In my book Postcolonial Astrology, I talk about how the burden of clarifying assault is always placed on the person being assaulted and never o

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