Description
Pleasure Is Power
Open writing circle with Kale Tadpole
Inspired by adrienne maree brown’s Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good. This circle explores pleasure as a pathway to healing, liberation, and transformation. Through creative writing and guided reflection, participants will explore how shame, fear, and limiting beliefs shape their relationship with pleasure, desire, and possibility.
Together, we’ll begin to moosen the stories that hold us back. Collectively discovering new ways of relating to ourselves and others. This is an opportunity to reclaim pleasure as a source of power. Using creativity to transform our lives. To make more space for pleasure, play, passion, and authentic connection.
Words and stories reside within all of us, waiting to be discovered.
• Our monthly Open Writing Circle invites people with all levels of writing experience to explore their creativity and imagination.
In each session, one of Berlin’s many exceptional writers, poets, artists, or curators will create a vibrant and collective learning experience.
• Whether you’re interested in fiction, memoir, non-fiction, or poetry, this supportive space encourages you to uncover the words within you. We’ll draw upon techniques used in writing workshops to unleash your innate talent in a collaborative environment that will allow for a dynamic exchange of ideas and insights.
• This workshop aims to create an affirming, playful and empowering space for queer people to explore, express and celebrate their identities as well as to provide a platform for the stories of the LGBTQIA+ community to be shared, heard and valued.
Name change: Jeremy Shub, is slowly turning into Kale Tadpole
Kale Tadpole – Working as a sex therapist, sex educator, sexological bodyworker, and relationship coach, Kale brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to their practice. Currently based in Berlin, they identify as polyamorous, slutty, a sex worker, kinky, genderfluid, and queer. With a background in education, science, creative art, and sexual health, Kale holds multiple university degrees and has facilitated numerous workshops on sexuality, relationships, and pleasure.
Kale is dedicated to supporting individuals, couples and relationship constellations of all orientations and gender identities, with a focus on respecting consent and boundaries. Kale brings a queer-positive, anti-racist, and intersectional feminist perspective to the work, informed and inspired by the principles of decolonization, anti-patriarchy, anti-capitalism, and pro-earth spirituality.
General information
We also invite all writers to consider leading a future session—please contact us for more information
Level: No previous experience is necessary.
Language: while the group is primarily conducted in English, you are welcome to write in any language you feel comfortable with.
Cost: free event with registration
** This event is part of the we are village program ‘Belonging versus Lonelliness‘, with the support of the LADS.
Learn more about the program here.
