Eat the f*cking lemons
Facing limitations, free erotica, and a queer book giveaway
Hi, and welcome new (and old) readers!
If you’re like, wait, who is this person? What did I sign up for? I’m Anna. I send this newsletter once a month (or once every 2 months lately). I also write:
Sex journalism: My latest Vice piece was about how to give yourself a prostate orgasm
Erotica: Transgressions (a short story collection)
Advice: The last question in this one is my recent favorite.
Poetry: The Lesbian Sex Haiku Book (with Cats!)
And overly personal essays about: affairs with married women (which Esther Perel quoted in her book The State of Affairs), the loneliness of hearing loss, grief, and occasional forays into Native American identity and white-passing.
Humble brag
Speaking of essays, one of mine was selected as a semi-finalist in Medium’s recent essay contest. There were 5 winners, 36 semi-finalists, and 10,000 essays submitted!
It’s called “Like Icarus” and it’s about the year I got my pilot’s license and realized my hearing was deteriorating, and as such, would not be able…