[encore] 600: I Imagine the Butches' Stripper Bar by Jill McDonough

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🗓️ 23 May 2025

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Summary

Today’s poem is I Imagine the Butches' Stripper Bar by Jill McDonough.

The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we’re going back into the archive to revisit Ada Limón’s time as host. Today’s episode was originally released on January 31, 2022.

In this episode, former host Ada Limón writes… “One of my favorite mysteries of the universe is what turns us on and why? When I talk with anyone about crushes and sensual pleasures and desires, what always impresses me is that everyone is different. We desire different things. Different attributes turn us on and make us ready to rip our clothes off and run through the streets. It makes sense that that’s the case. Everyone is so unique. Every crush is so unique. In today’s irreverent poem, we see an exploration of what the speaker finds sexy. It blooms into a whole new imaginary world, all in the service of desire.”

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1:32.8	When I was a kid, my mother had an old Kodak brownie from the 1950s.
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