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The scissoring special

Since the dawn of time, queer women have argued ferociously about whether or not scissoring is a thing. In all likelihood, gay cavewomen were debating scissoring long before scissors were even invented. I like to think that back then they called it Doing The Betty Rubble.

But before we go any further down this rampant rabbit hole, let’s sort out exactly what this scissoring malarkey is. Imagine two pairs of open scissors… trying to make each other come. Too abstract? Hmm, how to explain… As a youngster my favourite thing to do with

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