Pleasure Activism
Pleasure activism is about learning what it means to be satisfiable, to generate, from within and from between us, an abundance from which we can all have enough.
adrienne maree brown, Rodriguez, • Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy Book 1)
Ultimately, pleasure activism is us learning to make justice and liberation the most pleasurable experiences we can have on this planet.
adrienne maree brown, Rodriguez, • Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy Book 1)
I also believe pleasure generated through our own power should resonate as far into the future as possible. If I eat something that tastes super-delicious but makes me sluggish and tired and sends me into a spiral of body shaming, then that was not a pleasurable experience, no matter how juicy and delicious it was. However, if I eat something
... See moreadrienne maree brown, Rodriguez, • Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy Book 1)
Something I think about a lot is how liberation has always been spiritual, always been embodied. There’s an ancestral component to this. Getting ourselves free has always involved spirit, and always involved the body.
I don’t mean spirit in a floaty, abstract, white-washed way.
I mean ass-shaking.
I mean hair-braiding.
I mean altar-tending.
I mean sweat... See more
I don’t mean spirit in a floaty, abstract, white-washed way.
I mean ass-shaking.
I mean hair-braiding.
I mean altar-tending.
I mean sweat... See more
