April Would (18+)

New Substack! Why I don't like hearing "I love you" in porn. open.substack.com/pub/aprilwould…

It’s normal for a woman to stage an entire photo shoot around her “look what I was bought for” engagement ring, but I post a picture in my day collar and it’s TMI, apparently.

A fun little love story I wrote that is also 1,000% horror open.substack.com/pub/aprilwould…

Do I dare return to X, the Everything app?

@madmenpics Peggy and Stan getting together isn't as out-of-nowhere as it gets accused of being (it's foreshadowed as soon as Stan shows up), but it happens way too late to be truly satisfying. It feels like they were too afraid to have Peggy be single at the end.

Okay… Drop your most controversial Mad Men takes ✍️

Donna Reed's "He's making violent love to me, Mother!" in It's a Wonderful Life was funny back when the popular meaning of "making love to" was "to come on to" or "flirt with" but it's much funnier in our time when it only means actual sex. Capra would approve.

The dedication C.S. Lewis placed at the start of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' is something rather wonderful.

when you just serenaded your children’s governess in front of your intended someone and now you gotta try to act normal

Why I can't stop thinking about Joanna Arnow's 2013 documentary, "i hate myself :)" and why Arnow reminds me of Anais Nin open.substack.com/pub/aprilwould…

Resurrecting this ye olde Mad Men stan account.

Mood board

People say nineteenth-century novels are “boring” but that period gave us Frankenstein, vampires, lesbian vampires, the story of a man who stays young while his portrait ages. It gave us Alice in Wonderland. It gave us wives in the attic.

I think this is the best take yet on this issue 👇

If you are following me, or a fan of adult entertainment & you are okay with this, I suggest you fucking check yourself. This is an attack on free speech & our right to enjoy/create consensual XXX material. “Oh, that will never happen.” They said RvW could never be overturned.

Bats by Edward Gorey #Baturday

Good luck, all! #LoveQuota #LaborDayWeekend

This is going to be a good one, folks.

@AmandaMarcotte Trevor Noah’s mom says traditional men are attracted to independent women. “He’s like an exotic bird collector,” she said. “He only wants a woman who is free because his dream is to put her in a cage.”

Been sitting on this because I'm superstitious, but I'm excited to announce that my story, "The Alligator Jaw" will appear in The Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Vol. 10 coming out on Dec. 3, 2024. Preorder here! mybook.to/bwe10print