Why Sexuality is Work
April Reading Group discussion pt. 1
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It’s spring break and my kids are in no form of camp (!) so no midweek essay this week (unless I get some time to write about Dying for Sex)—but I am working on a big essay for you that I hope will be ready next week.
We’re kicking off our classic feminist essay Reading Group this month with Silvia Federici’s “Why Sexuality is Work,” which won out in the subscriber poll by a very narrow margin. Don’t worry, we will read Audre Lorde’s “Uses of the Erotic” very soon, maybe even next month.
I hope we can think of our Reading Group kind of like a virtual class, except more de-centered, casual, and personal. Each week, we’ll look at one section or concept from the month’s essay and discuss how the ideas show up today in feminism, politics, culture, literature, our own writing, and our everyday lives.
We’ll also have a private (not recorded) Zoom discussion on Tuesday April 22 at 5pm PT/8pm ET to dig further into how this essay connects to our own lived experiences. I’m trying out this later time to see how that works for everyone.
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Before we dig into this week’s discussion, some context on the essay…