Erin O'daniel is a gender expansive writer exploring Queer Intimacy with Place alongside the sexual climate(S) of Pleasure + poetry across geographies/cultures.

 Dolly ForEva

Dolly ForEva

I began the long process of begging my mama to watch Best Little Whorehouse in Texas on my 9th bday. Three years later, she finally relented. I walked home with the VHS rental tucked under my sweaty armpit proud and ready. I’m still grieving the loss of Dolly and will write more when I can about who she is to me as mentor, spiritual mother, and sex educator aka madam Miss Mona. I’m a pleasure activist, author, artist, queer intersectional feminist, and joyful lover of Wildness shaped by her magic. INfinite gratitude Dolly. Thank you thank you thank you!

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