CW: Injury, menstruation, some intimated underage sex, it’s weird.

Is THE NUTCRACKER a ballet? Yes. Is it also a novella by ETA Hoffmann? Yes. It’s a Christmas miracle that Lauren Emily Whalen (@laurenemilywri, laurenemilywrites.com) is here to discuss all the different ways we can have a sexual awakening to small kitchen appliances!

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Link to ETA Hoffmann texts: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2008

Link to The Hard Nut Part 1 // Part 2

Link to Boston Ballet Trepak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgyliXHF9j8 // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-qVbWl5TYg

Trailer of the Dutch National Ballet Nutcracker: https://youtu.be/V3RoTxIuhvU

Trepak from So You Think You Can Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo4tyxXymgc

Russian/Cossak Dancing: https://youtu.be/O7MYUP_rGWE

More Trepak/Hopak/Gopak dancing: https://youtu.be/WBrmIKf_PEM

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