issue two: intimacy

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By Betty, Crystal, Ellen, Erika, Jacqui, Maureen, Mildred, Pamela, Roshani, Salty, Sharon, Susan, Tammy & Valerie

Made at Hollywood Senior Center (now the Community for Positive Aging), Portland OR, USA, 2019
32 pages, full color, tabloid

Supported by the Regional Arts & Culture Council
Best Senior Lifestyle Magazine 2019, Willamette Weekly (see below for article)

What is the relationship between intimacy, aging, and being a woman?

Intimacy is a human need, entangled with notions of desire and loneliness, as well as considerations of mental, social, and physical health. And yet it is a taboo subject, especially from an aging perspective. In this issue a team of women aged 22 to 84 explored intimacy over a few months through conversations and multidisciplinary projects. This publication is a punctuation mark in our process, and it presents perspectives that are playful, humorous, celebratory and poignant.

In these pages you will find: short essays by seniors expressing pride and hopeful romanticism; playful instructions for intimacy in everyday life; movement practices for aging bodies; an optimistic medical perspective on women’s sexual health and aging; intimate self-identity exploration through fashion and fantasy; the inaugural Senior Women’s Erotica Club; a slow sex playlist; and a tender yet stirring manifesto on intimacy for older women.

Senior women’s erotica club:

Collaborating artists: Crystal Sasaki, Erika Callihan, Roshani Thakore, Valerie Wrede
Lead artist & publication design: Salty Xi Jie Ng

Launch event

The launch event at the Hollywood Senior Center on June 28, 2019, featured readings, a performance of the Intimacy Manifesto, and a women only discussion circle on intimacy.