Can Pleasure Be Trusted?

An episode of the Speakings podcast, hosted by Sondra Charbadze, titled "Can Pleasure Be Trusted?" was published on October 8, 2023 and runs 18 minutes.

October 8, 2023 ·18m · Speakings

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Summary

You can find the synopsis of this episode, further notes, and a convenient place to ⁠comment ⁠here⁠⁠. I will also periodically update my thoughts on this episode's content at that same link. The key points in this "speaking" Why are we so suspicious of pleasure? The darkness of the other's body— that the other remains uncontrollable and uninhabitable—reveals a fundamental separation. In response to this anxiety, we try to control the chaos of the other's sovereign body. Perhaps we fear desire when we first glimpse its infinite nature. Human desires are beyond the simple needs of other animals, and we seem dangerously driven towards insatiable pleasure. My "miraculous" experience with intuitive eating. Most of us live with a psychological rift between a disciplinarian and a child in our heads. Developmental ethics: where do rules end? Can intuition be trusted? How do we know our desires are "good"? If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future topics, you can email me at [email protected]. You can also check out my website at ⁠www.sondrawriter.com⁠, where you'll find my essays and links to ⁠my memoir⁠. Music is L'épisode cévenol by Circus Marcus, from the Free Music Archive. License type: CC BY-NC.

Episode Description

You can find the synopsis of this episode, further notes, and a convenient place to ⁠comment ⁠here⁠⁠. I will also periodically update my thoughts on this episode's content at that same link.

The key points in this "speaking"

Why are we so suspicious of pleasure?
The darkness of the other's body— that the other remains uncontrollable and uninhabitable—reveals a fundamental separation. In response to this anxiety, we try to control the chaos of the other's sovereign body.
Perhaps we fear desire when we first glimpse its infinite nature. Human desires are beyond the simple needs of other animals, and we seem dangerously driven towards insatiable pleasure.
My "miraculous" experience with intuitive eating.
Most of us live with a psychological rift between a disciplinarian and a child in our heads.
Developmental ethics: where do rules end? Can intuition be trusted? How do we know our desires are "good"?

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future topics, you can email me at [email protected]. You can also check out my website at ⁠www.sondrawriter.com⁠, where you'll find my essays and links to ⁠my memoir⁠.

Music is L'épisode cévenol by Circus Marcus, from the Free Music Archive. License type: CC BY-NC.