a love hangover
by rose whip
[inspired by diana ross]
Click here for the lyrics to “Love Hangover” by Diana Ross.
A love hangover feels like the sensation one experiences when submerged in water for a warm soak. A release.
Peace has been found.
Solace.
She is grounded in sacrifice, suffering, and discomfort, yet moments of happiness are found everyday.
And despite all of the pain and sadness, joy continues to seek her out. She is wrapped in jubilation, glee, and high spirits in this moment, much like when the body is engulfed in water.
The love hangover finds her everyday because love lives within her. Through all the hurt, pain, oppression, anger, and fear, self love beats the odds, simply by being present.
Self Love.
Self love means joy.
Self love means happiness, even besotted with one’s self.
Self love means pleasure.
Self love means sex.
Self.
Love.
Self love means living.
A love hangover.
Let us not forget to take the opportunity presented to us right now to experience joy and happiness and relief. Let us love on each other and ourselves even more.
rose whip
Known as the Mynx of Musicality, Rose Whip is an award-winning, non-binary Neo-burlesque performer, producer, and instructor from the Show-Me State. They made their first solo debut at the 2017 Missouri Burlypicks, taking home Gold for Master of Improv and Silver for Best Overall. They have also appeared at the Nashville Burlesque Festival, Kansas City Nerdlesque Festival, FIERCE: A Queer Performing Arts Festival, and the Oklahoma City Burlesque Festival. Their unrestrained and radical performances shift the way audiences experience burlesque.
Rose’s goal is to make queer and black performers more visible one performance at a time.
