{"id":11733,"date":"2016-12-01T19:18:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T03:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=11733"},"modified":"2016-12-02T20:40:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T04:40:08","slug":"a-fetish-we-can-all-enjoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/a-fetish-we-can-all-enjoy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fetish We Can All Enjoy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I discovered that I might be an unwitting member of the online Burqa Fetish Community.<\/p>\n

I had never been aware of this fetish, which seeks and celebrates “complete coverage.” I only knew that I like pictures of people wearing veils. In my Tumbler <\/a>collection, there are hundreds of photos of veiled women (and a few men too.)<\/p>\n

Veils are mysterious and exotic, and every culture that employs a veil in some way gets a big thumbs up from me.<\/p>\n

Coming across weird photos of draped figures sitting around doing nothing has piqued my interest, but not enough to do any research. God, am I lazy; that’s probably why I’m always the last to know anything.<\/p>\n

Now, voila, I get it!<\/p>\n

A book called 2041<\/strong><\/a> features a “complete coverage” enthusiast who goes by that number on Flickr, a man who has 60,000 photos that the publishers have edited to form a narrative that is humorous, sinister, and surreal.<\/p>\n

It stand to reason that 2014 is British. The Brits really know how to do fetish, don’t they? Remember those guys <\/a>who can’t be happy until they chop off one of their legs? British. And the tourist who was arrested for coming to the US to have sex with a stallion? British.<\/p>\n

But of course, these enthusiasts are not all British. 2041 is part of a connected online community of men and women from across Western Europe and the Gulf States. They are Christians, Muslims and without religion.* <\/a><\/p>\n

Personally, I don’t care about the drives and underlying psychology behind this fetish. You can do your own research if you want. I only care about the allure and the weirdness.<\/p>\n

Here’s what one of the editors says about 2041:<\/p>\n

There is definitely an aesthetic dimension of these images that is appealing \u2013 the composition and contrast between flatness and texture, the shapes are unlike others I have seen \u2013 and there is also a lot of time and effort that has gone into these.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Okay, good\u00a0 He’s the expert.<\/p>\n
I love them because what’s not to love, god damn it!<\/p>\n
$\"fetish$ <\/a><\/p>\n
$\"fetish$ <\/a>(c) 2041, Here press<\/em><\/p>\n
$\"fetish$ <\/a>(c) Mustafa-Sabbagh<\/em><\/p>\n
$\"fetish$ <\/a> $\"fetish$ <\/a> $\"fetish$ <\/a>(c) Brendan Zhang<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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