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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
3 reviews
abbyslittelife's review
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
This is a collection of essays, interviews, and poetry focused on pleasure (mostly sex related) and the lack of it (sex-related trauma, recovery from chronic illness and its effect on one’s relationship with pleasure). It focused on providing diverse narrative voices, covering all different ages, voices, races, genders, and identities.
Some of this felt as though it was a bit too mushed together, a conglomeration that may have benefitted the interviewer/author more than the reader. I did love to hear the voices of so many different perspectives. I had to continue to remind myself that while most of those interviewed are accredited experts in their fields, some are mostly just friends of the author.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
zosiablue's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
This collection made me uncomfortable and that was good. It showed me how far I've strayed from my original desires/intentions when I was young - I so thought I would be free love, fully realized, pleasure seeking, and open to "out there" shit. But something changed, and I can't say what. Now I feel almost prudish, wincing at writing about pleasure, even hating the word "pleasure." So while this was an imperfect book (needed a lot more editing and was disconnected), I'm glad I stuck with it. It reminded me that I need to purposely seek out more of this to remember what I used to want. And to see if I still do.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
aellwy's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I have owned this book for some time now, but only recently felt called to read it. It is one that I knew I would get a lot out of and I wanted to take my time reading it. I am a big amb fan and this furthered that.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Incest
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