BLOOD OF AURORA

the art of conscious bleeding, what it actually means to say the womb has its own consciousness, the first imprint and why it shapes our whole relationship to receptivity and numbness, the gynecological industry’s roots in violence against black women’s bodies and why every hysterectomy severs a thread she believes connects every womb on earth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

solo episode with dori– her the nude self portrait creating process, the question: “is there any way to escape the male gaze?” tocka, virginia woolf’s “wedge-shaped core of darkness," womb-mystery, francesca woodman’s genius work and musings on coming home to the body. listen up!! bodytext our women-only writers collective opens again this weekend. registration starts sept 12th at 9am pst. 33 seats only. first dibs to those on the waitlist. get on it here checkout the mentioned photos on our substack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

in this week's ep-- bunch of research stuff from feminist psychology, philosophy and literature-- something called mattering, the narratable self and mutual recognition, the practice my therapist gave me for locating longing in the body and working with it, why i'm starting to believe longing is evidence i'm alive rather than evidence something's wrong with me and more, amongst, answering few of your questions from my ig ask me anything read the full article & dive in to reflective writing prompts on our substack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**a porn-alternative, tinder date research, why “consensual non-consent” is the most submitted and most triggering fantasy, responsive vs. spontaneous desire and what it means for foreplay, the uprising of mommy kink, writing your desires into being. and more.writer and founder of aurore, carly pifer and i spoke very directly. aurore is a hub of an ongoing collection of erotic writings, a major archive of hundreds of submitted fantasy stories, mostly from women. carly has quite a clear idea of what women actually desire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

losing control of the canvas, children in the studio as part of the process, the sexual mother as a “taboo” subject, refinding sexuality and femininity inside a fourteen-year marriage, the mother archetype as the dominatrix Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.