Harryette Mullen — LUVTOFU
Poetry Unbound
On Being Studios
4.9 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Poder Gotuma and there's a story I heard years ago about a politician who was mistaken about what the text abbreviation, LOLL means. |
| 0:11.9 | It typically means laugh out loud, something you say when you find something funny. |
| 0:16.1 | But he thought it meant lots of love. |
| 0:19.9 | In some ways it's a totally understandable mistake when you think |
| 0:22.9 | about it. And at one point, it came to light that when one of his colleagues had texted him |
| 0:29.0 | to say that they've been through a family bereavement, that he had texted back with LOL, |
| 0:35.1 | thinking it meant lots of love when, obviously, the person received the text message and |
| 0:39.6 | thought, why is he laughing when I've told him about my family bereavement? |
| 0:43.8 | He was texting one thing, thinking it meant one thing, but actually it meant another. |
| 0:48.3 | And so many mistakes are possible in language or where two things can be possible at once. |
| 0:53.3 | And it's just depending as to how it is you're reading something or where it is you're |
| 0:57.1 | coming from and where it caught sometimes in the strangeness of trying to figure out |
| 1:02.6 | what do we do when something can be interpreted in multiple ways at once. |
| 1:16.7 | Love Tofu by Harriet Mullen. |
| 1:20.7 | Vegan's license plate recalled in state crackdown. |
| 1:23.9 | How much do I love tofu? |
| 1:30.3 | You knew I love tofu for dessert when it's silky, creamy, sweet and dreamy. I also love tofu as a hearty entree when it's solid, firm and fleshy. |
| 1:35.3 | Yes, I love tofu as my tongue savors every taste and texture. |
| 1:42.3 | In the kitchen, when it's sizzling, I picture how we'll saturate that |
| 1:46.7 | naked canvas ready to be splashed with flavor. I love tofu when we're basting and tasting our |
| 1:55.9 | spicy special sauce. I love tofu in all seasons, |
| 2:03.3 | day and night when feeling out of sight. |
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