This pin reflects a simple but often resisted idea: pleasure is shaped by power. Social norms, laws, religious teachings, medical systems, and cultural expectations all influence who is encouraged to experience pleasure—and who is taught to feel shame, risk, or fear instead.
From a mental health perspective, pleasure isn’t indulgent or optional. It plays a role in regulation, connection, motivation, and well-being. For many people—especially those whose bodies, identities, or desires have been marginalized—reclaiming pleasure can be part of healing from control, erasure, or harm.
Wearing this pin signals attention to the broader conditions that shape our inner lives. It recognizes that personal well-being and social context are linked, and that supporting mental health includes questioning whose comfort and joy are protected, and whose are restricted.
Pleasure isn’t apolitical.
It reflects the world we live in.
| 1.25" | |
|---|---|
| Diameter, in | 1.25 |
| Thickness, in | 0.16 |
This pin reflects a simple but often resisted idea: pleasure is shaped by power. Social norms, laws, religious teachings, medical systems, and cultural expectations all influence who is encouraged to experience pleasure—and who is taught to feel shame, risk, or fear instead.
From a mental health perspective, pleasure isn’t indulgent or optional. It plays a role in regulation, connection, motivation, and well-being. For many people—especially those whose bodies, identities, or desires have been marginalized—reclaiming pleasure can be part of healing from control, erasure, or harm.
Wearing this pin signals attention to the broader conditions that shape our inner lives. It recognizes that personal well-being and social context are linked, and that supporting mental health includes questioning whose comfort and joy are protected, and whose are restricted.
Pleasure isn’t apolitical.
It reflects the world we live in.
| 1.25" | |
|---|---|
| Diameter, in | 1.25 |
| Thickness, in | 0.16 |
