We Were All There to Heal, to Feel Something Other Than Fear

We Were All There to Heal, to Feel Something Other Than Fear

Listen https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dodsonandross.s3.amazonaws.com/Podcasts/CarlinNovWorkshop.mp3 We thought we’d be celebrating the first Madame President but instead we packed up and headed out for Bodysex with heavy hearts.  As my flight took off, I thought...
My Abortion Experience

My Abortion Experience

Amber Thurman, Carman Broedster, Candi Miller, Taysha Wilkinson-Sobieski, Nevaeh Crain, and Josseli Barnica bled out or succumbed to infection in hospitals since Roe v Wade was overturned.  Most were carrying intended pregnancies – most were mothers who left children...
I Thought Was Too Much

I Thought Was Too Much

“You’re a gay man trapped in a woman’s body”, announced my boyfriend as he grabbed my upper arms and forcibly pushed me off of his body.  I was stunned….and hurt.  I thought it would be sexy to crawl up his body like a cat and lick his face.  He didn’t agree.  It was...
Everything Was Better with Betty

Everything Was Better with Betty

“Did you meet the hot girl with the green eyes?”  “Green eyes?, I thought to myself as I ran through all the people I met during orientation.  I was 14 years-old – I’d overheard this conversation while stocking shelves on the first day of my new job.   I...
Bodysex Rituals Are Exercises in Shared Vulnerability

Bodysex Rituals Are Exercises in Shared Vulnerability

Carrying the legacy of an icon like Betty Dodson can be crushing at times. I’m representing Betty’s life’s work while trying to incorporate my experience taking Bodysex virtual during covid. There are complexities in the repression of female sexuality that are new,...