If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activi…

Erica Jong
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it's because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that's the most revolutionary insight of all. ✨ FaceBook post byErica Jong from Oct 28, 2015
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it's because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that's the most revolutionary insight of all. ✨ FaceBook post byErica Jong from Oct 28, 2015

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