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My body has the capacity to sense immense pleasure, and as I get older I keep intentionally expanding my sensual awareness and decolonizing it so that I can sense more pleasure than capitalism believes in.

— Adrienne Maree Brown Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (2019)

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