Spider-Man: Fuck, Marry, Kill…
With great power comes great responsibility…
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Under pressure: on pleasure, orgasm and stress…
“It’s like one day I just decided that it was all bullshit. Who are they to tell me I’m not amazing exactly as I am?”
– Emily Nagoski, Come As You Are
Believe me…
‘Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices.’
– Roy T. Bennett
Can I touch you like that? – On communication in a pandemic…
‘Touch has a memory. O say, love, say,
What can I do to kill it and be free?’
– John Keats
Sinful Sunday: PPE…
‘I guess what scares me the most now is the thought that I won’t be able to protect you’
– Julia Hoban, Willow
Holding out for a hero: on superheroes and NHS key workers…
‘Superheroes were born in the minds of people desperate to be rescued.’
– Jodi Picoult, The Tenth Circle
Motherhood, year 1.5: libido lockdown…
“Sex drive’s decent energy. Y’ can’t argue about that. Keep sex drive all bottled up inside and you get dull-witted. Throws your whole body out of whack. Holds the same for men and for women”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Fourth trimester sex (after birth): numb and unknowing…
“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.” ― Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
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‘I like pink.’ Lucius sniffed. ‘It’s just red’s sorry, weak cousin.’ - Beth Fantaskey, Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
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Life is not a plot; it’s in the details. - Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts
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