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Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution
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From Teen Vogue sex and love columnist Nona Willis Aronowitz, a blend of memoir, social history, and cultural criticism that explores the new problem that has no name when it comes to female desire, seeking answers from the author's life and family history as well as from revolutionaries of the past. The daughter of Ellen Willis (of Second Wave Feminist fame), Nona grew up not only believing the feminist revolution was thriving, but that she was a result: She was sexually liberated, wrote her college thesis on 1970s porn, and had genuinely good sex from the time she was a teen. But then at twenty-four, she entered into an ironic and unplanned marriage that become a surprisingly seductive trap into conventional life. But eight years later that partnership was starting to show signs of wear and eventually culminated in divorce. It was in that moment of personal sea change and political tumult that Nona turned to her late mother's writing (and other revolutionaries of the past) for guidance, all while navigating the modern dating world. In a time when sex has never been more accepted and feminism has never been more mainstream, what does it mean to be sexually liberated? For readers of Rebecca Traister and Rebecca Solnit, Bad Sex is a brave, bold, and vulnerable exploration of the enduring barriers of sexual freedom, which lays bare the triumphs and flaws of contemporary feminism and also helps shine a light on universal questions of desire.
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"This genuine and generous emotional offering is sure to make readers feel seen and heard, too."
"Willis's words and deeds are constant touchstones throughout this light-shedding investigation ..."
"These historical sections are unfailingly illuminating; it's Aronowitz's analysis of her own life and desires that can feel more indeterminate."
"A courageously frank, sometimes uneven hybrid of memoir and social history."
"The danger of this is that it may also feel antiquated before the subjects she covers are socially addressed and no longer in need of a compendium like this ..."
"It's a challenge to successfully chart one narrative in a book."
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