erotic energy has political potential<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sex and erotic energy has a purpose outside of procreating<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we become healed during an erotic exchange<\/p>\n\n\n\n

many people who identify as pleasure activists only focus on the sexual aspect of pleasure politics and ignore other areas of life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

while this is important the reality is that we should center the erotic should in all aspects of our lives\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

people frequently misread audre lorde\u2019s essay \u201cuses of the erotic: the erotic as power\u201d as being purely about sex but i believe that she was theorizing that our whole lives can be erotic and juicy and luscious not just our bedroom lives (though our bedroom lives are certainly important and we can use the energy cultivated there and filter into other spaces of life)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we can become activated by erotic energy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we can become replenished by it and have the energy we need to annihilate the systems that we live under, such as neoliberalism and white patriarchal capitalism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

when this energy lies dormant within us it festers and can affect us negatively<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and we can feel stifled, forlorn, and restless<\/p>\n\n\n\n

erotic energy can also be released in other ways outside of sex<\/p>\n\n\n\n

art making, for example, can be an erotic act as well as teaching or any other kind of energetic exchange<\/p>\n\n\n\n

anytime we are filling our cups we are contributing to our overall well being<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and we are moving the earth closer towards utopia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

when we are empty and depleted, we fall flat on our faces because we are exhausted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we don\u2019t have the energy to show up for ourselves, let alone rupturing systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n

this is why cultivating a pleasure practice <\/a> that emphasizes the erotic is so important<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in order for us to blossom into more pleasurable people and birth a more pleasurable world<\/p>\n\n\n\n