{"product_id":"bad-sex-nona-willis-aronowitz-9780593182765","title":"Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book by \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e, and The Millions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Intimate, thoughtful, and accessible to anyone struggling with the persistent, maddening inequities of contemporary sex.\" -Rebecca Traister, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGood and Mad\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eTeen Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e sex and love columnist Nona Willis Aronowitz, a blend of memoir, social history, and cultural criticism that probes the meaning of desire and sexual freedom today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt thirty-two years old, everything in Nona Willis Aronowitz's life, and in America, was in disarray. Her marriage was falling apart. Her nuclear family was slipping away. Her heart and libido were both in overdrive. Embroiled in an era of fear, reckoning, and reimagining, her assumptions of what \"sexual liberation\" meant were suddenly up for debate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the thick of personal and political turmoil, Nona turned to the words of history's sexual revolutionaries--including her late mother, early radical pro-sex feminist Ellen Willis. At a time when sex has never been more accepted and feminism has never been more mainstream, Nona asked herself: \u003ci\u003eWhat, exactly, do I want? And are my sexual and romantic desires even possible amid the horrors and bribes of patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNona's attempt to find the answer places her search for authentic intimacy alongside her family history and other stories stretching back nearly two hundred years. Stories of ambivalent wives and unchill sluts, free lovers and radical lesbians, sensitive men and woke misogynists, women who risk everything for sex--who buy sex, reject sex, have bad sex and good sex. The result is a brave, bold, and vulnerable exploration of what sexual freedom can mean. \u003ci\u003eBad Sex\u003c\/i\u003e is Nona's own journey to sexual satisfaction and romantic happiness, which not only lays bare the triumphs and flaws of contemporary feminism but also shines a light on universal questions of desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nona Willis Aronowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593182766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593182765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plume Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022 pg. 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 6","brand":"Nona Willis Aronowitz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43996594405631,"sku":"9780593182765","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2696af39-f6aa-4d3a-83ef-198d979cab71.jpg?v=1683342588","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bad-sex-nona-willis-aronowitz-9780593182765","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}