This blog post was written by Susan Lucas to accompany our podcast discussion on the same topic. It's a deeper dive than my own posts - I'd expect no less from a philosopher(!) - and definitely one for my fellow pleasure geeks and sapiosexuals! Introduction Experience suggests that many people, and particularly many women - including many who would generally align themselves with feminist ideals and principles - derive pleasure and satisfaction from the experience of being se

I've wanted to share this story with you for some time about two seemingly very different roles - one of which involves emotional tyranny, misery-making, and the disempowerment and manipulation of others. The other can make you a very interesting person to speak to at parties! Hi, I’m Lex, and I’m a recovering people pleaser. Allow me to take you back to a time in my life over a decade ago. I was living a pretty idyllic life. I was growing my own vegetables in the garden of

I spent a lot of time thinking about what my “job title” should be as I set up my business. The challenge with using my professional...