Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy Book 1)

began craving laughter and joy. I decided to wear the one thing that gives visual pleasure instantly no matter who is wearing it, sequins. I wore sequins every single day for about a month. Although my energy was low, my sequin jackets would make someone giggle, and then they would send me that good energy, which would soothe my wounds. It was, and

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I also believe pleasure generated through our own power should resonate as far into the future as possible. If I eat something that tastes super-delicious but makes me sluggish and tired and sends me into a spiral of body shaming, then that was not a pleasurable experience, no matter how juicy and delicious it was. However, if I eat something fresh

But here’s the key: it started with pleasure, not with dieting and exercise. I had to love what is before I could understand what transformations were wanted, needed.

Where being attracted to someone wasn’t the first step of a path toward a singular ownership but could be a move into community and a future.

We also learn that love is a limited resource and that the love we want and need is too much, that we are too much.

Those of us that have been taught by Farah Griffin have felt cherished. Not precious. Not perfect. Not without growing to do. But necessary. And dreamt of. And held.

And we need more tolerance. If you want to break through to the multi-orgasmic level, you have to be willing to kind of push through something that feels like discomfort the first few times. You’re like, “Can I get there?” And you’re like “yes, I can.” It’s just like, if you do, then something else is going to become possible.

Shame might be the only thing more prevalent, which leads to trauma being hidden, silenced, or relegated to a certain body of people.