500 words. This weeks readings discuss how public institutions, spaces, and concerns shape visions of (proper/normal) intimate life. for this weeks forum, answer one or both of the following questions using specific examples from the readings: 
how are alternative or non-normative visions of intimacy renegotiating, challenging, or rewriting dominant visions of intelligible intimacy. 
how do emerging or atypical spaces of intimacy ” dating apps, sex work and transactional intimacy, etc. ” reveal the complexities and contours or intimacy? how do they compare to or reshape conventional lessons on how intimacy should work?
you should provide examples and citations from at least two readings. citations should look like (Garcia 2012: 61) or like (Garcia 61), for example. you are also welcome and encouraged to reflect on your own experiences.