In 1988, Joan St Louis gave an oral history recording to the State Library of WA detailing her life as a sex worker from the 1930s to ’50s on one condition — that it not be released until after her death. She died six years later, and the library has now decided to share her story […]
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Netflix’s “The Principles of Pleasure” Invites Us Out of Shame and Into the Light
Where did you first learn about pleasure? I don’t mean sex, I mean pleasure. What comes up for you when you read the word on the page? Hear it spoken with your own tongue? What images come to mind? Feelings? Sounds? We all know what the word “pleasure” is, but can you remember a time […]