Desire, Embodiment, and True Freedom
10/1/2025
Desire has often been treated with suspicion. It gets called dangerous, selfish, even sinful. But if you read across different voices — Girard, the ascetics, Plato, Lorde — another picture emerges.
Desire has often been treated with suspicion. It gets called dangerous, selfish, even sinful. But if you read across different voices — Girard, the ascetics, Plato, Lorde — another picture emerges.
Not ready yet
A lot of people come into non-monogamy with a monogamous mindset. The thinking goes: I want to sleep with other people. I don’t want to be a cheater, so I’ll just get my partner’s permission and do what I want.