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Lets daddy him and break the cycle of the reckless devirginizers who abandoned us!
(At the time,New Yorkcalled her the hooker laureate of the dirtbag left.)
The venue hit capacity.
She began by saying, Whats up, guys?
Performing stories live offers a different catharsis from oversharing online and doesnt have its potential consequences.
It can feel both public and private at the same time.
Over two years, they published nine sex-driven novellas with purple covers that looked as good as they read.
(My favorite is BergersKuntalini, about a 25-year-old who experiences an anal awakening at her yoga class.
The tagline: Eat ass, pray, love.)
When Badlands shuttered in 2019, Durand started consulting for clients including the arts space Pioneer Works.
That was clear from the readers who took the stage after Bullock on April 1.
People want to know so badly what parts are true, he said.
Audiences at these readings often assume the writers are processing their personal experiences, and sometimes they are.
He also maintains a personal erotic-writing practice he often uses to unpack his early years in suburban Massachusetts.
Writing is an important part of how I process these complicated and deeply embedded feelings.
I can synthesize them, through narrative, in a way that doesnt flatten them.
And then sharing the story lets me connect with people who felt the same shame.
Bullock wasnt the only writer I spoke to who came to erotica via a repressive religious background.
Shameful in the best way.
A shame I could control.
Both books mix visceral and immediate descriptions of sex with labor politics and existential ennui.
Whether or not their stories are true, these writers tend to adopt a confessional mode.
At the Discothemed orgy and asking their friend to punch them in the face.
Lust can make us ping-pong from sex drive to death drive, said Durand.
After the readings at Saras, Champoux asked me, Did any of the stories actually get you aroused?
It was a rhetorical question; he knew the answer was no.
That isnt to say these stories had failed.
Arousal just didnt seem to be their point.
