Books

Embodying bodies

By Lina Harper • May 27, 2010 7:00 am EDT

Video with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, who I know from her tours in Montreal and Toronto (she’s since moved to San Fran). Her bud and my friendly ex-prof Trish Salah is performing at Trigger Fest this year, also…

But I like this discussion of queer sex and able bodies. It’s super fascinating and a rare one. Enjoy.

Crip Sex from Mia Mingus on Vimeo.

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