My book BAD SEX pubs today! Here is an absolutely *lovely* review of it in the NYT!
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one of the less-covered chapters of Bad Sex explores this idea of "compulsory sexuality" and how harmful it can be, whether you're asexual or just sick of wack sex. it can also be liberating to simply say "no thank u"
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I wrote for @washingtonpost @BookWorld about recent nonfiction that tackles why people tolerate bad consensual sex and also what happens when people don’t want to have sex at all washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/
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my book was in Succession maybe?? pls send screenshots
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"Other Romulus details included a vape pen tossed on a desk and a night stand filled with books, including 'Bad Sex' by Nona Willis-Aronowitz." @rondakaysen @nona
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Episode 5 of STIFFED ("Not-So-Porno Chic") is out today! It's a deep dive into the sexual revolution, porno chic & the feminist porn wars & includes smart commentary from some TRUE STARS including & Erica Jong
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Join & TOMORROW for "a poignant call to action" (). They hit the P&T stage to celebrate Rose's EMOTIONAL LABOR ()!
You can RSVP & order a signed book here: buff.ly/40CV9HU
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Thursday, April 6th, 7PM
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i wrote a growing-up book for the youngs! coming sooooon
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Growing Up Powerful will inspire a generation of girls to celebrate the messiness and become their most authentic selves. Author @nona and a panel of experts demystify girlhood and tackle the milestones of growing up.
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this is the first time i really go in on how deeply fucked up it is for parents of young kids (at least in public)
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"My jealousy is actually less now than it was before, even though I have less desire to get with other people at this moment."
An absolute pleasure to talk to @nona about Bad Sex, non-monogamy after kids, & (ofc) childcare.
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because nothing is a bigger turn-on than being told you should be having more sex
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then again this is the same tonedeaf org that recommended 2 years of breastfeeding in a country that doesn’t offer even one day of paid maternity leave
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like the discrimination is the problem, not children’s bodies! imagine if experts recommended skin lightening creams to black ppl in order to fight racism or widespread botox for old people to fight ageism. huh???
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maybe i’ve been listening to too much but this ep of the daily seems insane! admitting that many obese ppl don’t have health problems yet aggressive measures (like bariatric surgery for teens) is warranted bc of…discrimination??
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. says thanks to the orgasm-focused sex positivity of the 90s and aughts, we’ve got high standards for sex, yet many can neglect the hard journey of finding out what actually feels good.
Hear more of her chat with on her book, ‘Bad Sex’ ⬇️
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![“Our standards [around sex] are really high, and yet we still haven’t figured out how to meet that high standard… We know we’re supposed to have sexual pleasure and feel romantic fulfillment, but we don’t necessarily know how to get there.” – Nona Willis Aronowitz, author of ‘Bad Sex,’ on rethinking orgasm-centered sex positivty](https://web-archive.nli.org.il/National_Library/20181105034639im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmIbqw7WYAIroZZ?format=png&name=small)
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this is such a thoughtful review with lots of great context!
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I really enjoyed @nona's book Bad Sex, and hope it gets a wider release in Australia
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This is a sad day for . This company pledged $150 million in stock buybacks this year, but it’s offering staff what amounts to a pay cut, during record inflation in the most expensive city in the world. I love the Times and wish it loved me back.
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I talked about porn (again!!!) with and ! Boogie Nights will always hold a vv special place in my heart
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NEW EPISODE! We have good things you don't know about! Join us as we devour Boogie Nights—the Goodfellas of the 1970s Valley porn scene—along with the spectacular @nona. podpage.com/you-are-good/b
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Next week on You Are Good! Rushmore w. .
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No worries, no feelings, no expectations, just... chill. 😎🥶 Hear our convo with on the pitfalls of chill culture (as described in Alana Massey's iconic essay), and her own journey from a breakup to exploring relationships past and future ♥️ bit.ly/badsexbook
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The fall issue of , about to go to press, is devoted to secrets and revelations--with lovely writing from @joshnlambert and new voices you will love. Subscribe now! ezsubscription.com/lil/subscribe
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Don’t miss our latest Short Takes featuring , , , and as they discuss ’s highly anticipated book: Bad Sex. Read for free here:
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Are feminism and pro-sex feminism victims of their own success? Host asks guests and on today’s episode about sex positivity — Part 3 in a series on the future of feminism. nyti.ms/3y1humC
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Check out our new Short Takes on Nona Willis Aronowitz’s new book Bad Sex! Hear from , , , and , as well as herself! Available for free!
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I talked about growing up in a cloud of Cosmo orgasm supremacy, the pros and cons of nonmonogamy, the cost of freedom, and how emotional desires are socially constructed too, with and for NYT’s The Argument
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My household is commencing sleep training on Mon bc there is no way someone (aka me) who has slept through the night zero times since May 11 (aka my daughter’s bday) is being the best parent they can be
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This extremely good piece is ostensibly about sleep training but it’s also about how breastfeeding (and by extension night wakings/feedings) will completely destroy your egalitarian partnership if you let it
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"If you let your baby cry it out maybe you aren't ready for kids. #thankyouforcomingtomytedtalk"
I wrote for @NYMag about how the age-old sleep training debate has entered a new, very online phase (1/
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I picked this up on yesterday’s bookstore crawl to see the imprint’s first book on shelves. WOW it’s so good. An intersectional look at our cultural toxic history of women & sex & marriage, mixed w/ memoir. Every sentence validates female desire as worthy of respect & priority.
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distilled the essence of my book for the teens! also i’m officially back at after emerging from the newborn thicket :)
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this is an extremely thoughtful review of Bad Sex in which showcases the chapter I feel most proud of, on heteropessimism:
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"Her delight is an antidote to a nihilistically glum attitude that’s fashionable today—the belief that heterosexual romance is horrible, doomed, and destined to repeat a tired old script."
New online, Julia Case Levine on @nona's BAD SEX (@PlumeBooks): bit.ly/3Ld15AG
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WE DID IT! Condé Union has won our card count and we are officially recognized as a union! The era of “prestige paying the bills” is over. 🧵1/7
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an amazing 5-part series for those of us who feel like the continued existence of kings and queens (?!?) is just deeply bizarre twitter.com/RottenInDenmar
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I spoke to about her excellent new book and why human messiness combined with deeply entrenched cultural norms means that bad sex is still prevalent.
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Pundits are all “women are registering to vote in record numbers” and at first I was skeptical about whether women are really *that* much more pro choice than men….but according to this Gallup poll, they really are—as of like two years ago:
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Everyone’s talking about Nickel and Dimed but several Ehrenreich books were also key to my feminist/sexuality education. This deep cut is one of my faves about American masculinity. RIP Barbara ❤️
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Barbara Ehrenreich is gone. I'd say "May her memory be a blessing" to those who were with her; may it be a scourge to those who were against her, as it was during her life. May she rest in power, may her words keep working
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I had a really great time talking shop with about my book, my mom, my marriage and whether I’m a “sex writer”
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Episode 501: Nona Willis Aronowitz (@nona), author of “Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution”
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For Black women in Mississippi it’s already 75 times more dangerous to give birth than it is to get an abortion.
SEVENTY-FIVE TIMES.
Now factor in no clean water. It’s a legitimate human rights crisis.
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