In this episode, we discuss what it means to write through the body with memoirist Melissa Febos. We speak about the power of articulation as a radical tool for feminist and queer liberation and the need to break away from the narratives we are handed by patriarchal society in an attempt to forge our own maps. We talk about the practicalities of writing memoir as a public archive of the self and the existence of multiple truths and perspectives within a narrative. We address the process of writing trauma and the political and personal implications of writing from lived experience.

References

Whip Smart by Melissa Febos

Abandon Me by Melissa Febos

Girlhood by Melissa Febos

Body Work by Melissa Febos

Uses of the Erotic by Audre Lorde

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