In 'Pleasure Activism,' Adrienne Maree Brown Dares Us to Get In Touch With Our Needs
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In her provocative new book, available at The Art of Loving, “Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good” the Detroit-based author, activist and doula demonstrates how we can tap into our emotional and erotic desires.
Author, activist and doula adrienne maree brown says that we can still find hope and love amid the despair that surrounds us every day.
Throughout the book, “hot and heavy homework” assignments invite the reader to tap into the full spectrum of our erotic and emotional needs. For example, there are exercises in masturbating, taking nude selfies and consenting to sex with another person. She also highlights the many ways that people of color, sex workers, disabled people and queer, trans and nonbinary people have been denied joy—and why we must center their pleasure as an organizing principle.
“Feeling good is not frivolous,” brown writes. “It is freedom.”
Colorlines spoke with brown about why self-love, healing and harm reduction are necessary for collective liberation.
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You can find "Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good" at The Art of Loving along with many other books.