Gena

@afroufroufox.bsky.social

Wandering suburban witch. Nudity, photography, art, self-expression, kindness, kinkiness. 59.

By far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”

photograph of the relevant passage in Fitzgerald's translation of the Odyssey ("I make no bed of love with you upon it. Or swear me first a great oath, if I do, you'll work no more enchantment to my harm.")

She braced her hands against the hotel window and spread her legs as instructed. She waited, the warm morning sun brilliantly illuminating the curves of her naked body. She didn’t wait long. A flash of terror raced down her skin as people walking below slowed, looked up and stared. #sveros