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Welcome to NSFW Sunday!
+ Burlesque and the occult, both vehicles for women’s empowerment, have long come together in satanic burlesque through costuming, characters, props and more. At Dirge, Haleigh Schiafo writes:
“Occult practices encourage personal expression, indulgence, and freedom of sexuality. This is so attractive to women in a world that shames them for their bodies and sexual expression. Burlesque praises this expression in very similar ways. People of all shapes, sizes, races, and genders are encouraged to take their clothes off and celebrate themselves. Satanic burlesque is the perfect embodiment of empowerment, unapologetic hedonism, and sexual glorification.”
+ What porn do people search for on Halloween? “Costume fantasy,” “slutty halloween,” and “costume orgy” are in the lead.
+ When should you tell your friends and family that you’re polyamorous? At Bitch, Bear discusses overcoming cultural narratives, how to tell someone news, the difference between a reaction and a response, that “coming out” isn’t a necessary marker and more.
+ Magic can help your sex and love life because it’s a way of connecting with your own energy:
“Spells that improve your love life do exist but should be used on a case-by-case basis, as I learned from Bri Luna, aka the Hoodwitch. ‘[You] are the beginning of all sex and love workings,’ she says. ‘If we don’t respect or appreciate our own bodies, there is no possible way that we’ll ever attract a worthy partner that respects or values us.’
You can start this process by doing something as simple as turning to rose quartz. The Hoodwitch says these crystals ‘aid in the opening of the heart space’ and can be enhanced with rose oil or ‘submerged into bath water with rose petals, jasmine flowers, [and/or] hibiscus.’ The Hoodwitch adds that rose quartz is also used as ‘a stone of reconciliation and releasing past trauma.’”
+ A Good Sex in Fiction Award, in response to the long-running Bad Sex in Fiction Award, will aim to end the compartmentalization of sex in literature. (Its creators seem to believe that shitting all over pornography is a necessary part of the endeavour.)
+ Sometimes having sex even when you don’t necessarily feel like it to start, “maintenance-sex style,” can still be a good idea.
+ Anal sex is not supposed to hurt.
