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Have a February love-in. Buy an expensively fragile red lace bra. Wear it under a dress the color of Chinese New Year money envelopes, dyed red with
Happiness and Luck.
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Practice your pout. Paint it the crimson of the cherry on top. Be sultry over a salty margarita, and leave a lovingly large tip. Make eye contact with men, women, children and dogs, and they’ll follow you anywhere. Stop trying to straighten your curves…designate them a scenic highway instead. Your skin is your body’s largest organ…make sure it’s
Playing A Love Song. Let someone brush your hair until you fall asleep. Hold hands whenever you can wherever you are. Be the icing on the cake, the flame for the moth, the flower for the bee, the beat of someone’s heart. Take a love bite out of the world. Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Gayle Kabaker
“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be.” Erica Jong