Zoe Grace Marquedant

lesbian sex explained via excerpts from the stanford university psychiatry lecture on “the value of girlfriends” (chain email) I was forwarded by my mother 

an evening 
the last 
the mind-body connection
the relationship between stress and disease
head
other things
one of the best things
to be married to a woman
for a woman
her
nurture her 
relationships with her girlfriends
first
serious
.
with each other differently
provide 
deal
life experiences
physically
quality "girlfriend time"
more serotonin
combat
a general feeling
being
relationships around activities
from our souls
form
with our sisters
VERY GOOD
spending time
just as important
working out
a tendency to think
"exercising"
for our bodies
hanging out with friends
wasting our time
productively engaged
not true
fact
failure to create
quality personal relationships
with other humans
dangerous
our
smoking
every time
with a gal pal
on the back
doing something good
indeed very, very blessed
toast to our friendship
with our girlfriends
to stay in touch
like I just did
!
all the women in my life
helped me 
stay 
very loved


Zoe Grace Marquedant (she/her) is a queer writer. She earned her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence and her M.F.A. from Columbia University. Her work has been featured in the Analog Cookbook, the Schuylkill Valley Journal, the School of Commons, and Talk Vomit. She is a fellow with the Research Ecologies & Archival Development lab in Zurich. Follow @zoenoumlaut