kxlevesque's review
5.0
Tracy Clark-Flory, get out of my head! This book is everything I needed. From the “there are so many ways to hurt, but I chose sex. I chose men.” To the “I was a girl living in a world where women’s desire is narrowed to being desired, and where physical and reputational danger lurk behind every sexual encounter.” Disgustingly honest and imperiously beautiful. A must read.
cpskee's review against another edition
Was listening on audio & I appreciated her take & the memoir aspect, but after the book returned for the library, I don’t feel compelled to seek it out to finish it
relrrrrreads's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
kborgerding's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
andionline's review against another edition
4.0
3.75 !!! got a lot from this! it reassured a lot of feelings and also made me question every interaction i’ve had with men. would definitely re read in a couple years
emsmols's review against another edition
5.0
made me think a bit about my own self-perception and relationship with sex! Loved it
ficklefever's review against another edition
2.0
hm i was disappointed by this, maybe because of my own expectations. for a journalist who spent years exploring the nuances of sexuality and the porn industry in america, this felt pretty surface-level. even her personal anecdotes felt like she was keeping the reader at an arm's distance — like a good journalist would, i suppose. also maybe because i've been reading some really mind-bending stuff from chris kraus and sheila heti, and this just felt so... level 1 feminist.
mgrue's review
4.0
I picked this book up from a TikTok that declared it a must read for women and I am glad I did. Tracy brings honest and vulnerable parts of her life and examines them through the lenses of sometimes contradictory feminists critique. Beyond the great story telling of her evolution as a woman, this book reinforced that sexual revolution, like any revolution, needs to be confronted as a collective versus individually. Ultimately desires can come from a variety of experiences and materialize in many different ways, but it flourished with security, acceptance, and intimacy.
aleenasbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0