![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They are between the ages of one week and 15 years and they give me so much joy and hope for the future. At the time of our first draft of this piece, I count 13 of them. Finally, I find tons of pleasure in spending time with my nibblings (an endearing term I learned from adrienne for nieces, nephews, and nonbinary children of my siblings and friends). Some of those tiny trees are 10 human generations old how much wisdom is there in a being that has lived for 10 of my lifetimes?! One of my teachers, Gibrán Rivera, introduced me to the magic of floating (aka sensory deprivation tanks) and now I float at least monthly. I also go on a one hour walk on Saturday mornings in the arboretum near my house and try to spend at least ten minutes at the bonsai collection. I either take myself out to dinner ($13-25) with a book, my journal, and my thoughts (and, let’s be honest, a cocktail), or I make myself a quick dinner at home, head to a local coffee shop and write. ![]() I block off one night per week, minimum three hours, as a solo date night. I do this in honor of my queer ancestors who were denied expression of their truest pleasures. At adrienne's recommendation, I try to have an orgasm every day. Lawrence: This response is definitely at one of my edges, but I'm going to lean into radical transparency, knowing that silencing and controlling pleasure are two of settler colonial capitalism’s best weapons. ![]()
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