EP 04: Audre Lorde & The Erotic: It’s Not Just Hot. It’s Holy.

Why owning your erotic power is actually one of the most radical and deeply important things you can do—for yourself and the world.After Dead Dad Week, I figured we could all use a palate cleanser—so Episode 4 is a sonic diary/love letter to Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde—poet, prophet, and a gift to this wild, unruly world.We read through her iconic 5-page (I think I accidentally said 7 in the podcast) essay and shoot the shit about why it’s life-altering. I don’t just read Uses of the Erotic—I interweave it with my lived experience: grief, queerness, neurodivergence, embodiment, friendship, burnout, and desire.This isn’t about porn or performance—it’s about our life force, and how we use it. Legendary Lorde talks about the erotic as a deeply spiritual plane—not just sexual, but cellular. Cosmic, really. It’s a felt sense of truth that lives in the body, that guides us toward integrity, aliveness, and mother-fucking joy.It’s about the quiet kind of knowing that makes you walk away from what no longer fits, even if there’s no logical backup plan. It’s about longing as sacred—something to be listened to, not repressed. Risk as devotion to your inner voice.She also helps us understand why the erotic is not just personal, but political—and why reclaiming your erotic power is actually one of the most radical and deeply important things you can do. For yourself. And for the world.It’s not just hot. It’s holy.Heartfelt thanks again to Audre Lorde—for her work, her presence, and all the people connected to her who’ve carried this discourse forward. I’m forever grateful for the way her words wake us up—when we let them.If you’re like me, I need to read and listen to things to really digest, so here is the link to her essay if you’re inspired to follow along. As always - take what works and leave the rest. Thank you for listening. xSylvia