I looked at my reflection in the dark screen of my laptop after finishing the berry. There was a smear of red at the corner of my mouth. My hair was falling in my face. I looked slightly feral. I looked alive.
Because no one is.
I washed a single, perfect berry. I did not cut it. I sat by the window where the afternoon light hit my bare arms. I held it to my nose first—that green, sweet, almost peppery scent. strawberry ifeelmyself
— For the women who touch themselves thoughtfully, and the fruit that bleeds for them. Note: This post is written in the aesthetic and thematic style of self-discovery associated with the ifeelmyself ethos. It is intended as literary erotica/body positivity. I looked at my reflection in the dark
The Strawberry Principle: Savoring Pleasure Without Permission I looked slightly feral
I let the juice dry on my fingers. I closed my eyes. For thirty seconds, there was nothing else in the universe except the texture of that fruit on my tongue, the acid at the back of my throat, and the quiet, radical act of .
We spend so much time performing pleasure for others—the right face, the right noise, the right amount of enthusiasm. But when you are truly alone, truly with yourself, what does your pleasure sound like? Is it a gasp? A sigh? Silence?