Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love"--The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
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I practise lucid dreaming. Every night I dream I have sex with the actor Pedro Pascal.
I often find myself questioning the shame that comes along with my desires. Is everyone ashamed and pretending not to be?
Good sex starts long before a single item of clothing hits the floor. Sex is anticipation, sex is longing, sex is pain and the baring of years upon years of insecurities and desire, all bundled into an act of squeaking passion and sweat.
The merging of my masculine and feminine within carries me into another realm where I am more than the sum of my parts. I am turned inside out
I find myself looking into the eyes of the dream-man
I want to be used. I want to be a fuck hole. I want to exist only for pleasure. I want all my holes filled. My mouth, full. My pussy, full. My ass, full. All at once, as my hands greedily grasp for more cock. I want to be fucked by strangers. I want a line of men waiting to go next. I don’t care who those dicks belong to. Only that they are all for me. I want to be watched. I want an audience to entertain. A crowd to cheer as I come, again and again.
Ter um marido que me diga que contratou uma faxineira. Ter um marido que me diga que fez as compras no supermercado. Ter um marido que me diga que vamos ao cinema. Ter um marido que me diga que trocou os lençóis da cama, lavou e dobrou a roupa. Ter um marido que me diga que sou linda e não mencione minha papada em formação aos 38 anos de idade. Ter um marido que me diga que os cachorros não estão destruindo nada. Ter um marido que me coma. E, que, em seguida, acaricie lentamente, com a ponta dos dedos, meus ombros, meus braços e minha cabeça. Ter a cabeça raspada para poder sentir esse toque na pele, e não no cabelo. Ficar por cima e encontrar a posição perfeita para chegar ao orgasmo (um acontecimento esquivo e místico, mas incrível quando acontece). Depois, ser fodida por trás, porque esses golpes são sempre uma afirmação de vida. Tomar um banho e ter uma porta-balcão que se abra para um jardim arejado. Uma fantasia. Metade dela é real. Trabalho para fazer a outra metade acontecer. [Branca, canadense • Anglicana •
think it’s somehow better to be, in part, unknowable? Do we all, in some way, struggle with being totally knowable?
About Gillian Anderson
About the book
What do you want, when no one is watching? What do you want, when the lights are off? What do you want, when you are anonymous?
When we talk about sex, we talk about womanhood and motherhood, infidelity and exploitation, consent and respect, fairness and egalitarianism, love and hate, pleasure and pain. And yet for many reasons – some complicated, some not – so many of us don't talk about it. Our deepest, most intimate fears and fantasies remain locked away inside of us, until someone comes along with the key. Here's the key. In this generation-defining book, Gillian Anderson collects and introduces the anonymous letters of hundreds of women from around the world (along with her own anonymous letter). Want reveals how women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous.
Book details
- First published
- 2024
- Author
- Gillian Anderson
- Genre
- Nonfiction
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