by Monika Carless | Nov 9, 2019 | Musings
“Each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms” – Gloria Steinem *Editors note: the term “vagina” is being used here to cover the entire area of the genitalia, not just the actual vagina. “Can it be true that some women have never looked...
by Monika Carless | Sep 8, 2019 | Musings
Who would argue with hot, consuming sex 25 years into a relationship? Why would all that connection and raw passion be something that would someday give you pause and have you question everything? That’s what I asked myself a while ago, when my partner and I went...
by Monika Carless | Aug 1, 2019 | Musings
My eroticism rises from the earth From the depths of my being From the dirt and the flesh I am made of It is inherent It is sovereign It is the song in my veins I dip into this sacred part of myself With my mind and my breath With the wandering of my imagination My...
by Monika Carless | Mar 28, 2018 | Musings
“To be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes us to be exiled from ourselves.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes “So I’m thinking of writing an article called ‘The Whore Next Door’,” I mused to my partner as he...
by Monika Carless | Feb 13, 2018 | Musings, Quotes
“There is a supernal intelligence behind sexual arousal, the true purpose of which is to create for us ecstatic experiences of our own divinity.” ~ John Maxwell Taylor We really so reach for the celestial, the exceptional, during sexual arousal. . . When we peel...
