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On Intimacy

Or the acts we declare as intimate

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carolina
Feb 06, 2025
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Closer (2005)

A friend once told me that there are acts more intimate than a kiss. I remember being confused, as this idea had never crossed my mind, so I asked him why and which acts he considered more intimate than two lips colliding in a kiss, or even sex: the ultimate exposure of one's body to the other. I was happily surprised when he gave me good a…

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