Unbridled emotion, soul-connected dance, and strobe lights as sex toys—Amy and Tommy don’t miss any of it in their discussion of Chapter 10 in Miranda July’s All Fours. Amy calls it the “love chapter” and perhaps it is, sprinkled with the tension of fraught desire and the finitude of time.

A strange irony exists in the very best moments both in love and in sex: the deep desire to stay right there in that very feeling forever which is both an act of relishing the present while actively craving that very existence in perpetuity. Whether shouting love into a void or drawing up blueprints for a well-placed hut, it’s another attempt to catch smoke.

But there’s also the split second moments that can blow up a world. Amy & Tommy tackle both in this juicy episode!

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Original Music:

Song: If I Remember It Right

Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth

Album: FM Perspective

References in this episode:

All Fours by Miranda July

Anatomy of the Abdomen

The only thing I can find on Graham Kemp

Tommy's former G2 boss waxes poetic about the early days of Silicon Valley

The Guayabera

"Same Time Next Year" starring Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn

Breitenbush

The Wendy Award by Walter Scott

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When our character learns that Davey’s first sexual encounters were orchestrated by his mother with his mother’s very experienced friend, she is, understandably, flabbergasted. But the thought that emerges later has morphed into something of a motto or a mantra for Amy and Tommy. Miranda July writes, “An overly skilled lover was kind of icky—desire should make you clumsy.” Indeed. Clumsy indeed.

In Amy & Tommy’s romp through Chapter 9 of All Fours, they question the linearity of sex, wonder about clogged fourth chakras (shouldn’t it be clogged sacral chakras? Someone help!) and consider the irony of a particular kind of confluence: what happens when the things you hate about someone become the very things that catapult you into love?

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Original Music

Song: Some People Do Have to Live Like a Refugee Because They Are..

Artist: Muistardeaux Collective

Album: KTWE

Sink Sandwich Records

References in this episode:

All Fours by Miranda July

"What Cuba taught me about Flirting and Sensuality" an essay by Namita Kulkarni

Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba by Christopher P. Baker

Miranda July dancing on Instagram

Miranda July interviews Rihanna (Arkanda?) for the New York Times

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"He reached across the table and touched the back of his hand to the back of mine..." and so begins the erotically charged emotional affair between our main character and Davey. As readers, Amy and Tommy are pulled into the weightless madness that comes the realization that our feelings are mirrored by the object of our desire. As a long-time married couple, they examine this hilarious and sexy chapter from a healthy distance before the topic touches a little closer to the bone.

They go off piste a bit to pan Babygirl, directed by Halina Reijn, then discuss the the All Fours narrator's use of time and touch on the never-ending guilt of motherhood. Later, they stumble headfirst into uncharted territory. Yep, unscripted disclosures of heretofore secret emotional affairs. It's raw, it's juicy. You're gonna love it!

Original Music

Song: Average Height

Artist: Rick Real and the Warmth

Album: USA #1

Sink Sandwich Records

References in this chapter:

All Fours by Miranda July (in paperback!)

Babygirl, directed by Halina Reijn

Ester Perel in conversation with Miranda July

Tyrone Hayes TedX Talk

Tommy's documentary on the Christian Wrestling Federation

Read along or just enjoy the ride! Subscribe to Work From Bed Friday wherever you get your podcasts. BIG NEWS: To join in the discussion, subscribe to our Substack here! Next week: Chapter 9!

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