Pleasure

Pleasure as Praxis: adrienne maree brown on Human Error, Longing, and the Power of Prioritizing Love

a photo of adrienne maree brown, a lightskinned Black person with a bull nose ring and shoulder-length blond, curly hair
by Corinne Manning
July 25, 2019 at 9:00am
Capitalism often tricks us into functioning from a place of scarcity, where longing for pleasure is the most we can aspire to. But what if we could tap into our desires in small ways every day?
Juno Roche

Sensational Touch: “Queer Sex” Explores Pleasure In Trans and Nonbinary Communities

by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
April 19, 2018 at 3:27pm
Trans and nonbinary communities have an absolute right to explore our bodies deeply, openly, and with complete integrity. Read more »

It’s Time to Reclaim Our Skin: How Getting Naked Restores Our Dignity

by adrienne maree brown
January 10, 2018 at 7:00am
This is your living body; this is what aliveness feels like. Read more »

It’s Bloody Fantastic: Find a Lover Who Loves Period Sex

by adrienne maree brown
December 20, 2017 at 10:36am
I learned in my early 20s that anything less than Team Bloody Awesome is a red flag. Read more »

Taste It: Oral Sex Starts with Words

by adrienne maree brown
December 6, 2017 at 10:11am
In the best case scenario, both parties can bring their attention fully to the cock/pussy/other at hand. Or, more precisely, at mouth. Read more »

The Pleasure Dome: Nipples are Magic

by adrienne maree brown
July 26, 2017 at 10:56am
The general behaviors I witnessed were to ignore and disrespect the power of my nipples Read more »

The Pleasure Dome: A New Column Will Explore the Intersection of Pleasure and Feminism

by adrienne maree brown
May 3, 2017 at 7:52am
We’re going to start learning together. The Pleasure Dome is a space to ask shameless questions, love what we love and explore why, cultivate our interest in radical love and pleasure, and nourish the “yes” in each of us. Read more »