Desire Index — Vol. 1 corpus analysis

Generated: 2026-04-19T22:23:29.396Z Tool: scripts/ni/desire-index-vol1-extract.ts

Scope

• Mosaic passages analyzed: 1,467
• NI excerpts rows (total table): 1,467 (not merged into passage-level stats in this pass)

Arc distribution

arc_stage	count
installation	419
mechanism	374
management	361
permission	178
reclamation	80
late_life	55

Charge distribution

charge	count
1	0
2	4
3	130
4	664
5	669

Voice type (classified)

No voice_type values set on passages (classifier not run or column empty).

Top themes (global)

theme	passages
fiction	253
shame	61
mother	31
father	26
mirror	24
dissociation	22
memoir	22
class	21
fear	19
kiss	19
blood	17
body	17
hunger	17
breasts	16
refusal	16
humiliation	15
literary	15
masturbation	15
poetry	15
fantasy	14
hair	14
marriage	14
pregnancy	14
rape	14
touch	14

Top pairings (global)

pairing	passages
Venus	464
Stripped Nashville	296
Breast Archives	252
Bigorexia	155
The Perfect Vagina	36
Secrets of Polygamy	28
A Sexplanation	12

Top themes by arc (sample)

installation

• fiction — 87
• shame — 22
• mother — 18
• father — 14
• rape — 10
• memoir — 9
• class — 8
• mirror — 8
• breasts — 7
• dissociation — 7
• hair — 7
• adolescence — 6

management

• fiction — 59
• shame — 19
• dissociation — 6
• humiliation — 6
• hunger — 6
• identity — 6
• memoir — 6
• mirror — 6
• mother — 6
• pain — 6
• bed — 5
• blood — 5

mechanism

• fiction — 50
• shame — 15
• class — 7
• dissociation — 7
• fear — 7
• pregnancy — 7
• fantasy — 6
• jealousy — 6
• children — 5
• consent — 5
• hunger — 5
• violence — 5

permission

• fiction — 42
• kiss — 10
• mirror — 6
• memoir — 5
• virginity — 5
• clitoris — 4
• embodiment — 4
• literary — 4
• naming — 4
• orgasm — 4
• shame — 4
• surprise — 4

reclamation

• fiction — 5
• refusal — 4
• forgiveness — 3
• apology — 2
• autonomy — 2
• dance — 2
• defiance — 2
• desire — 2
• detachment — 2
• embodiment — 2
• escape — 2
• fear — 2

late_life

• fiction — 10
• aging — 5
• time — 4
• father — 3
• hospital — 3
• publicmemoir — 3
• ambulance — 2
• body — 2
• breath — 2
• death — 2
• dying — 2
• euphemism — 2

Cross-source convergence (themes in ≥3 distinct sources)

Mechanisms named independently across multiple books / films / interviews — editorially useful for synthesis.

theme	distinct sources	passage hits
shame	44	61
mother	21	31
fiction	19	253
father	18	26
mirror	18	24
dissociation	17	22
kiss	17	19
blood	15	17
refusal	15	16
fear	14	19
breasts	14	16
class	13	21
hunger	13	17
pregnancy	13	14
body	12	17
humiliation	12	15
masturbation	12	15
desire	12	12
bathroom	12	12
jealousy	12	12
fantasy	11	14
marriage	11	14
rape	10	14
hair	10	14
touch	10	14
guilt	10	13
sex	10	12
grief	10	10
silence	10	10
pain	9	12
orgasm	9	12
secrecy	9	11
children	9	10
escape	9	10
sleep	9	10
cold	9	9
hospital	8	10
naming	7	13
penis	7	9
identity	7	9

Sample passages (high charge, one per arc)

installation

• A2-002 (charge 5) — Action

management

• A2-001 (charge 5) — Action

mechanism

• AUE-003 (charge 5) — Available

permission

• AFD-002 (charge 5) — The Diary of a Young Girl (The Definitive Edition)

reclamation

• AUE-004 (charge 5) — Available

late_life

• BLB-002 (charge 5) — Bright Lights, Big City

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