Litsy

We Say We Love Each Other | Minnie Bruce Pratt

The scuppernong, used as a descriptor in this evocative poem, is my choice for #weirdwordsWednesday. The poem “When I Call Your Name” almost makes me blush just reading it, let alone posting about it. Its got such an open and honest depiction of sexual longing which is quite beautiful. And I couldn‘t not post about such a fun and evocatively descriptive word.
#weirdwords @CBee

CBee I blushed reading it 😂😂 And I‘ve heard this word but never knew it meant muscadine 😊 14mo

peaKnit There is a county park named this near Palmyra WI, I didn‘t know if meant anything :) 12mo

psalva @peaknit That‘s a cool name for a park! 12mo

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psalva

We Say We Love Each Other | Minnie Bruce Pratt

I just read this excellent piece in remembrance of Minnie Bruce Pratt‘s life which outlines her activism and literary work. I‘m sorry to be learning about her so late but feeling inspired by her life. Here‘s the link:

https://autostraddle.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dfd652b400b597fc7e9de03d3...

bnp Thanks for the link. 1y

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psalva

We Say We Love Each Other | Minnie Bruce Pratt

From the poem “Reading Maps: One.”
“We locate forbidden places, the kind marked dangerous, swamp, unknown territory on the old charts. We plot change. We love one another. Our bodies become lodestones to the future. We imagine a place not marked yet on any map. Between us words tremble and veer, like the iron needle of a compass, a guide to what we are making real.”
RIP Minnie Bruce Pratt
#lgbtpoetry

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Andrea4

Women's Anatomy of Arousal: Secret Maps to Buried Pleasure | Sheri Winston

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You will find at least one new thing in here (man, woman, neither, both). This is holistic sexuality. Whether or not you've had amazing sex (alone or with others), here you can explore how to tap into that in every conscious way.
TW. For those with sexual trauma, follow Winston's advice throughout the book. If hearing/reading/doing is too much, too soon, too fast then STOP, breathe, relax, don't push, try something else and maybe try that later.

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Andrea4

Women's Anatomy of Arousal: Secret Maps to Buried Pleasure | Sheri Winston

Normally I'd never admit that I was reading a book "like this" -who's with me here?! BUT you know what? F*CK THE PATRIARCHY LMAO
In seriousness, I'm not an uneducated woman. I know anatomy, sex, and my own body. That said, this year has opened my eyes/mind/soul to so many new things & deciding to read this is part of a journey of liberation & reclamation. 1/2 way through yes I've learned things, so in spirit of giving- here's your encouragement ?

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REPollock

In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play (Samuel French Acting) | Sarah Ruhl

Seeking recommendations for other contemporary #plays set in earlier eras, like this one and Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel. Suggestions? #play #suggestions #thinktheatre #playsuggestions #suggestionsplease

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