Imagine yourself in a beautiful studio with a pile of your best underwear and a three hour session ahead in which you will be photographed with your arms, legs, stomach, ass and breasts exposed to the light. And the camera.
What comes up for you?
Terror?
Excitement?
An aching desire to reschedule for next month?
In this conversation with my friend, Artist, Activist, and Boudoir photographer Jen Dean, we uncover what we’ve seen in the studio with the real Women who have said “yes” to this experience, and why it’s a radical act of resistance and reclamation.
A preview of highlights before you dive in:
The real reason we dread being photographed in our underwear
Why we toggle between longing to be seen and demanding to be invisible
Why making art of any kind is inherently Anti-Patriarchy
How Patriarchy has brainwashed you to disdain the female form
Consent and why we say, “yes” when the true answer is, “no”
Why respecting Women’s bodies is not nearly enough to stand against Misogyny
The Sacred Portal is a ceremonial experience of photography, pleasure, and worship with Jen Dean and Megan Jo Wilson in Westbrook, Maine.
Get details (and see more images) by clicking HERE.
Make something beautiful.
Celebrate yourself for who you are and what you’re doing.
And never let these bastards grind you down...
xoxo
MJ
Jen Dean is a witch, healer, and psychopomp. She walks with spirits, speaks to plants, and honors the animals as kin. Through 25 years as a photographer, she’s turned portraits into ritual, revealing the body not as object, but as altar. CLICK to learn more and book your boudoir session.
Her work is a reclamation — an invitation to remember, rise, and return to your sacred self. In her sessions, she holds space with deep devotion, attuning to the soul’s quiet language and offers more than an experience — an initiation.
Jen’s is a writer publishing on Substack HERE, her home is covered in plants, stacks of books and tarot decks, fur friends and vintage everything.
Megan Jo Wilson is an artist, activist, and certified coach who’s been leading transformational experiences for Women for over 20 years. A sought out expert in Coaching, Somatic Healing and Facilitation, Megan Jo illuminates internalized systems of oppression to Women who are ready to become radial leaders, effective disruptors, and embodied examples of what is possible when a Woman is truly free.
She is the best-selling author of the business books, “Who the F*ck Am I To Be A Coach?!” and “No More Playing Small”, a faculty member and content designer at the Co-Active Training Institute, and a regular co-conspirator with political and feminist icons Marianne Williamson and Regena Thomashauer aka “Mama Gena”.
She lives in coastal Maine where she loves to read, swim in cold oceans, and play dress-up. CLICK.
