This week Amy, Payton, Abby & Justina discuss Katherine Angel’s book, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again, and deep dive into the nuances of sex, consent and desire. What kinds of social scripts have we been taught about sex and consent and why are they so dang gendered? Why is the patriarchy always at the scene of the crime? And how does this all shake out when romance and smut books enter the chat?

Content warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault and child sexual abuse.

📚 Our BOTM is Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta

MENTIONS

📖 BOOKS: Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta; Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again by Katherine Angel; Unmastered by Katherine Angel; Daddy Issues by Katherine Angel; The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: The Will to Knowledge by Michel Foucault; The Will to Change by bell hooks; DSM-5 by the American Psychiatric Association; In the Cut by Susanna Moore; Down Girl by Kate Manne; Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James; Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

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