i have heard this is brilliant. need to check it out.Room - After five-year-old Jack and his mother escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery.
sick movie mate, really captivates you n brings you along for the journey, proper good movie
i have heard this is brilliant. need to check it out.
alasdair
Sounds full on but some of those things ring true from what some of my gay friends have told me about what they have been doing in Sydney. One of my mates recently got HIV from barebacking on meth binges in sex venues in Sydney. He is quite nonchalant about it too...its quite sad.My friend forced me to watch the film 'Chemsex' last week. I am still reeling. I found it so upsetting. The spread of HIV, gay men deliberatly contracting it to "get it out the way" as it's almost inevitable at chemsex parties-slamming, DJ Fat Tony talking about pulling all his teeth out on a meth binge..Christ.
Chemsex
The spread of HIV, gay men deliberatly contracting it to "get it out the way" as it's almost inevitable at chemsex parties-slamming, DJ Fat Tony talking about pulling all his teeth out on a meth binge..Christ.
That was pretty much my friends attitude to hiv. He actually said he was happy to get it. And yes chem sex parties are huge in the Sydney gay scene. Meth is rampant here and the gay community were the first to really embrace it.I have mentioned bug parties before where people go to have unprotected sex with the intention of getting hiv (givers / chasers etc) the thing is now with the likes of pRep and truvada the HIV prevention medication 'some' groups see this as a green card for the chem sex depicted in this kind of movie - slamming, slings, random partners etc. When the treatment became so good lots of people saw that as a good enough excuse not to practice safe sex anymore as HIV was no longer seen as a death sentence.
Yes I am aware HIV is no longer the death sentence it once was due to ARV meds and PEP being used like a morning after pill for not contracting but this film..Have you seen it Bear. It's the often non-consentual issue and the dishonesty that is highlighted...how desperatly sad and locked into the scene and not enjoying it...waking up not knowing what has happened or been done to you..when this 25 year old starts crying at one point..your heart will break..it does highlight also the change in lifestyle for some and how yep the slamming/sex is fucking out of this world in that moment but there is no love, no real friendships...none of their mates want to go to dinner ay more-just pin and fuck..and DJ fat Tony saying he unscrewed his teeth on meth? WTF
There just seems so much abject misery and well...I have said enough..worth watching but powerful thought provoking docu/film making..
I wasn't shocked I just felt so very sad.I hope you didn't think it was a waste of time watching it? I am probably one of those people that often does huge looong stim binges (not so much these days). I thought it was worth mentioning the film and worth a watch for everyone regardless of sexuality. I got myself into some very messy situations when I was a young woman,, I had a chronic cocaine problem for about 10 years and when you end up doing an 8 ball alone with your dealer just so you know the coke doesn't run out I sadly DO know and am not proud of some of the things I did semi consentially and I too know the consequnces of reality loss and things going too far and sex, coke..no consent but being too fucked to stop the inevitable..smashed doors/threats/much worse.
And this was before Tinder, Grinder etc etc..like you say going into a strangers house with no one knowing where or who you are with so may people I know think this is perfectly OK now..throw drugs into the mix ..well...So I agree with you to some degree. Dj Fat tony feels that Grinder etc should be held responsible and culpapble to a degree. I am not sure about that....I think if this film makes some more aware-self aware and take some responsability and make people more cautious then, well, that in itself is quite a powerful outcome?
Meth: sex party drug behind HIV rise in London gay -DJ Fat Tony interview
People women especially will definitely do things out of character sexually when on drugs. I've seen girls who were classy wind up fucking 2 guys at once on ecstasy. Is it rape? Absolutely not the guys are fucked too and she's the one who's initiated it. Will she regret it? Quite possibly.