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My pleasure icons are... Marla Stewart of Velvet Lips. Rihanna, obviously. Lizzo too, the pleasure she gets from just confronting the world with her excellence and then laughing.

— Adrienne Maree Brown Interview with Bon Appétit (2019)

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There has been one constant, as far back as we can understand: The world is always changing.

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We might be learning slowly, but change is coming fast.

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Ultimately, pleasure activism is us learning to make justice and liberation the most pleasurable experiences we can have on this planet.

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