This week I’m reading about poetry as prayer and thinking about the pain of compulsive caretaking.

I discuss her letter to "the compulsive caregivers" and relate it to my life as a young mom, and later, as a sex worker.

You can find the written version of this episode on my website: https://cybelerain.com/2023/12/15/when-we-hear-need-do-we-join-its-cries-or-answer-its-call/.

Mentioned in this episode:

Books:

Kai Cheng Thom's Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls.

Podcasts:

RubyLynn's https://thegrannypantypodcast.com/

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This week I’m reading arguments about why sex workers should get “real jobs" and (re)thinking the notion of labor.

You can find a written version of this episode on my website: https://cybelerain.com/2023/12/08/whats-so-great-about-work-anyway/

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Twitter; @cybelerain

Instagram: @cybele_rain

This week I’m reading about the power of correspondence and thinking about my nostalgia for hand-written letters.

You can find a written version of this episode on my website: https://cybelerain.com/2023/12/01/dear-lover/

Books mentioned in this episode:

Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone's This Is How You Lose the Time War.

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You can find me at cybelerain.com or on socials:

Twitter: @cybelerain

Instagram: @cybele_rain