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Gia Rave

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Writing about desire, honesty, and what we’re taught to hide. Author of The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness: A Real-Talk Exploration intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM

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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone! Are you feeling deliciously in a party mood today?
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
There’s a moment when wanting shifts from background noise to something undeniable. I’ve learned not to ignore that moment.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Some nights the wanting isn’t subtle. It pools. It pulses. It moves through me slowly until my breath changes and pretending feels impossible.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
When you feel desire, do you rush to satisfy it — or rush to explain it away?
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
At midnight, desire stops negotiating. It presses. It lingers. And I let it take up space. intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I don’t think desire makes us reckless. I think silence about it does.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We’re taught to manage desire. Rarely are we taught to understand it. Which do you think matters more? (--feel free to respond--)
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Desire doesn’t interrupt my life. It reveals where I’m already paying attention.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I didn’t write my book to make desire smaller. I wrote it to make space for it. The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM
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The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness: A Real-Talk Exploration of Desire, Curiosity, and Consent
Amazon.com: The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness: A Real-Talk Exploration of Desire, Curiosity, and Consent eBook : Rave, Gia: Kindle Store
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Do you trust your desires — or do you immediately try to explain them away?
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Happy Sunday! Some desires don’t disappear. They just wait until we’re quiet enough to notice them.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We joke about h0rniness. We hide it. We perform it. Rarely do we sit with it. That’s why I wrote my book.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I didn’t write this book to tame desire. I wrote it because pretending not to feel it felt dishonest. The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness is about attention — not shame. intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I didn’t write my book for polite conversations. I wrote it for nights like this — when desire won’t shut up and pretending feels exhausting. The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Desire doesn’t always want action. Sometimes it just wants to be felt — without interruption.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Night makes the body louder. Every thought slows down — and what’s left is wanting.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Weekends soften things. Desire doesn’t need permission when time slows down. intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I didn’t write my book to solve desire. I wrote it because it kept asking to be understood. intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Morning light has a way of telling the truth. Before explanations arrive.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I didn’t write this book to give advice. I wrote it because desire is rarely taken seriously — either it’s joked about, shamed, or turned into performance. The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness is an invitation to listen more closely, without panic or pretending. intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM
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Amazon.com: The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness: A Real-Talk Exploration of Desire, Curiosity, and Consent eBook : Rave, Gia: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness: A Real-Talk Exploration of Desire, Curiosity, and Consent eBook : Rave, Gia: Kindle Store
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I stepped back to listen more closely. Desire has a way of speaking when we stop rushing to explain it. ______________________________________________________________ Get your copy of my book on Amazon today: intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I stepped back to listen more closely. Desire has a way of speaking when we stop rushing to explain it.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I’ve been writing here in fragments and questions. Some of those thoughts eventually asked for more space. That’s how The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness came into being — not as an answer, but as a place to think more slowly about desire. Get the book at Amazon: intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM
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The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness: A Real-Talk Exploration of Desire, Curiosity, and Consent
Amazon.com: The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness: A Real-Talk Exploration of Desire, Curiosity, and Consent eBook : Rave, Gia: Kindle Store
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
When you notice desire, do you usually follow it, resist it, or try to explain it away?
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Desire isn’t something I try to control. I pay attention to it. That alone changes everything.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Happy Kwanzaa
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
A new book from Gia Rave exploring desire, attention, and embodiment. Available now. intqbf.xyz/dQMEAM
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Amazon.com: The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness: A Real-Talk Exploration of Desire, Curiosity, and Consent eBook : Rave, Gia: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness: A Real-Talk Exploration of Desire, Curiosity, and Consent eBook : Rave, Gia: Kindle Store
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
It’s called The Unofficial Guide to Dealing with H0rniness: A Real-Talk Exploration It’s about desire — not how to perform it, but how to listen to it.
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️🎄
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I’ve been circling these thoughts for a while now. They eventually turned into a book.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Question: Does desire feel more physical or more emotional for you?
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Question: What helps you slow down enough to notice what you’re feeling?
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Question: Do you listen to desire when it whispers — or only when it insists?
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Question: Does desire feel more like hunger, memory, or restlessness to you?
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Question: Is desire louder for you in the morning, or late at night?
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
There’s a moment when the body decides before the mind catches up. I like that moment.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Question: When do you feel most aware of your body?
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Desire doesn’t always arrive loudly. Sometimes it waits, patient and persistent, until I finally pay attention
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Desire doesn’t always want to be acted on. Sometimes it just wants to be noticed.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I don’t rush desire. I let it stretch, change its mind, come back when it’s ready.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I like the moments after. When the body is quiet, and the wanting hasn’t quite left yet.
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️🎄
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️🎄
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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Morning light. Warm sheets. A welcome moisture. Some desires don't need coffee to get going.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Tonight feels heavier than it should. Holding space for grief.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Some losses land softly. Others just hit. Thinking of Rob Reiner, Michele Singer Reiner, and everyone whose lives were shaped by their work and their love. 💔
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Some days are about momentum. Others are just about staying present and doing the next right thing.
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Gia Rave @giarave.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Some desires don’t need an audience. They just need space.
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