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[libraryben]

Where did the idea for this book come from?

I’ll start by saying that I firmly believe that text is elitist. Twenty percent of Americans are illiterate. We exclude so many people when we exclusively encase information in text. Some of this is grounded in my own lineage. My grandmother did not learn how to read until much later in life, and she’s one of the smartest people I know. I think it is completely unjust for us to take all the information about how the world works and hide it from people, so I pivoted towards making information visible through things like color, design, and art.

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That led to BANG, my first book about masturbation for all genders and abilities, which is race, ability, and trans-inclusive. It was crucial to me that the anatomy diagrams were race-diverse, which is something that is not always available. It was also a visual primer, so it’s very much designed to make it accessible without words. At that time, I was reading about mass incarceration and read James’s book Understanding Mass Incarceration, but the graphic design was horrible. I cold emailed him and said, “I want to make a visual book with you.” This man — a 76-year-old white man who uses he/him pronouns in his signature — answered, “I have no idea what that means. But let’s talk.” And then we had a book four years later.

What is the relationship between BANG and The Warehouse?

From the outside, books about mass incarceration and masturbation are not very related. But the intersection is bodily autonomy, and the fact that the state wants to make us afraid of our own bodies. “Uses of the Erotic,” an essay by Audre Lorde, is incredibly important to me. She talks about how the oppressor derives power by separating you from the inherent power you possess in your body. She says that it is crucial politically to access that power because it teaches you that you can survive without the state. It teaches you that you deserve to have joy. It teaches you to not allow yourself to settle for powerlessness or despair.

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[astrologanize]

Cancer Venus: “Where love rules, there is no will to power” - Carl Jung

appearance: sympathetic eyes - glint of knowing sorrow, full cheeks from the moon, homely expression, bashful aura, ultimately timeless 

[emoastrology]

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