How to Feel Yourself

Modern Love

The New York Times

Love, New York Times, Nytimes, Essay, Loss, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Redemption, Nyt

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

“Everyone deserves an orgasm” is a fair way to word Diana de Vegh’s attitude toward life. Diana is a firm believer in the pursuit of pleasure — of all sorts — for all people. In the first episode of our new season of Modern Love, we hear Diana’s story about seeking help at a sleek sex shop in downtown Manhattan. Why should a legally blind 83-year-old woman have to struggle so much just to get a sex toy? Then our host, Anna Martin, meets with Diana to get her advice on how people can infuse sensuality into their day-to-day lives. (Hint: a healthy dose of chocolate, a chilled beverage and a warm bath.)

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0:00.0	Love now and stronger than anything.
0:07.0	And I love you more than anything.
0:14.0	From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin, welcome to a new season of Modern Love.
0:21.0	We're going to spend this first episode with Diana DeVay.
0:25.0	Diana wrote a Modern Love essay with a juicy title.
0:29.0	It's called, Why Won't Anyone Help Me in this sex shop?
0:34.0	And we're going to get to it, I promise.
0:36.0	But first, I want you to meet her the way I did.
0:39.0	Hello, great to meet you. Diana.
0:42.0	I'm Diana. Great to meet you.
0:43.0	She's legally blind, so she needed a little bit of help getting settled.
0:46.0	They're sort of like a screen.
0:48.0	Yes.
0:49.0	I think I see. That's it, we're.
0:51.0	Diana had pink streaks in her hair, and she was wearing these incredible sneakers.
0:56.0	Diana, your shoe game beats mine.
0:59.0	Oh, you have just.
1:01.0	Yeah, I mean, I fall down in worship.
1:04.0	And she immediately made me feel beautiful.
1:07.0	I think you're wonderful.
1:09.0	It's as simple as that.
1:11.0	Diana is a psychotherapist.
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