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May 9Liked by swan

people were getting freaky at 1500 BCE

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I love this!

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May 9Liked by swan

thank you! this is such an interesting take and i loved going through it. people are really obsessed with teeth

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I love this. This rang within me - "As more was offered and accepted, I felt the veil between performance and reality thin and tear.”

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May 9Author

that's from antigone's pervert!! it's an amazing short story <3

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This was such an interesting read! I am absolutely in love with the way you write and how much research goes into each essay I've read so far. Our society certainly does have a weird obsession with kissing as an expression of love and lust. I do wonder how or why early humans invented/discovered kissing...and then why they kept doing it.

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A lot of the ways we express love (and lust) as humans is actually quite disgusting when you give it some thought. Maybe love itself (as a feeling, concept, and action) is just disgusting.

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Jun 1Author

thank you so much for your comment!!! i absolutely agree- love is everything.

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