Mad Woman Digest: May 2025
Stuff that made me mad and/or that I am madly in love with
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ICYMI
I talked with
& R. O. Kwon for Mother Tongue Magazine about sex in the time of fascism.
I published two more essays this month in a series on libido, including one on the state of feminist media. Here’s the full series:
I talked with whip smart momfluencer scholar
about pro-natalists’ bleak vision of the future, and their intentionally cringe Handmaid’s Tale adjacent frocks:
And I wrote about getting my time and my life back:
Our Reading Group also had a great discussion about Audre Lorde’s “The Uses of the Erotic.” We had such a great turnout for the live conversation and a truly wise, beautiful, erotic community connection. What should we read next month? I’ll send out a note with some options to vote on soon.
Currently reading
A link that got me very excited to redecorate: