Can We Write About This? Men, Sex & Feelings
Explicit, challenging and positive conversations examining men’s ability to express themselves when it comes to exploring their relationship with sex and feelings. This relates to both the political climate we find ourselves in and men’s historical inability to undergo such explorations in the first place.
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Can We Write About This?
Men, Sex & Feelings
Why are there no erotic memoirs written by straight men? Is there a contradiction in men being asked to be more emotionally vulnerable whilst taking up less space? Why are virtually all the leading podcasts dealing with sexuality hosted by women? And are there invisible boundaries dictating what men can and can’t say when writing about their deepest desires, most intimate experiences and heartfelt emotions?
Championing threesomes as expansive relationships, Tony Pletts’ erotic memoir Love to the Power of Three was described as; “brilliantly written, surprisingly moving and worthy of publication” by a publishing house that also decided, “they couldn’t represent anything of this kind coming from the voice of a man at the moment”. Assuming this is correct, what does this say about the times we live in? Exploring volatile landscapes with a desire for understanding, Tony Pletts engages in adult conversations with esteemed authors, feminist thinkers and respected commentators from the world of Conscious Sexuality.
All episodes include readings from Love to the Power of Three, some of which are extremely explicit.
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Episodes
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Episode 3 features Sarah Pletts in a conversation about what it's like to be the central character in an erotic memoir, discussions about objectification and her writing of a poem to accompany every chapter.
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Episode 2 features Monique Roffey, 2021 Costa prize winner for The Mermaid of Black Conch and author of the erotic memoir With the Kisses of His Mouth.
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Episode 1 features Lucy-Anne Holmes, activist responsible for the campaign that forced The Sun to take down Page Three and award winning author of the erotic memoir Don't Hold My Head Down.
Episodes 1-3
Episode 1 - Lucy-Anne Holmes. Lucy wrote the erotic memoir Don't Hold My Head Down, described as 'funny and refreshing' in The Independent. After founding the successful campaign that stopped The Sun publishing page 3 she was listed in the BBC's top 100 women of the year. Her most recent book Women On Top of the World explores what women think about during sex.
Episode 2 - Monique Roffey. Monique wrote the erotic memoir With the Kisses of His Mouth, which was called 'astoundingly brave' in The Observer and 'wise and moving' in The Independent On Sunday. Monique's novel, The Mermaid Of Black Conch won The Costa prize in 2021 and The White Woman on the Green Bicycle was shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
Episode 3 - Sarah Pletts. Sarah is a Grief Tender and artist who sees life in colour, finds pleasure in making and creates meaning through ritual. She seeks to become more authentically herself through exploring her own body, sexuality and inner life. She lives in a triad with Tony and their beloved and writes a poem that closes every chapter in Love to the Power of Three.
Photos going round clockwise - Tony & Lucy, Tony & Monique, the day of recording with producer Nicholas McInerny, Tony & Sarah