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,...
Circles of Women are Powerful, Healing Spaces

Circles of Women are Powerful, Healing Spaces

These past few months have been hard.  I want to blame it on perimenopause.  I want to disconnect from my body, disassociate from the flight response building in my limbs. I think that’s why we scrape orgasm off our plate: it allows us to live without feeling, live...
Bodysex Takes Everything You Have

Bodysex Takes Everything You Have

As we planned our last Bodysex retreat, I signed the largest deal of my life.  It felt just like Goop: I was profoundly uncomfortable, second-guessing everything yet clear that I would move forward.  I couldn’t miss the opportunity to represent Betty’s message of...
My First Live Workshop Without Betty

My First Live Workshop Without Betty

The December before lockdown Betty and I lead our last workshop together.  There was a feeling of finality in that group.  Betty’s skin and hair had turned this glowing translucent white – like an angel.  She was peaceful, calm and quite loving towards...