Future Sex

Of the dozens of new books each year that try to say something credible, useful, and revealing about the contemporary sexual self-image, Witt has produced far and away the one most likely to be read and reread over the coming long interval of human experimentation. There’s something Joan Didion-esque about Future Sex, in Witt’s lovely writing and in her skeptical authorial remove.”Julia Felsenthal, Vogue“The first volume of Foucault’s History of Sexuality will turn forty next month, and it s

. She grew up in Minneapolis and lives in Brooklyn. Emily Witt has written for The New Yorker, n+1, The New York Times, and the London Review of Books. She studied at Brown University, Columbia University, and the University of Cambridge and was a Fulbright Scholar in Mozambique. Future Sex is her first book

She observes these scenes from within, capturing them in all their strangeness, ridiculousness, and beauty. The result is an open-minded, honest account of the contemporary pursuit of connection and pleasure.. Love is rare and frequently unreciprocated. Sexual experience doesn’t necessarily lead to a future of traditional monogamyand why should it? Have we given up too quickly on the alternatives?In Future Sex, Witt explores Internet dating, Internet pornography, polyamory, and avant-garde sexual subcultures as sites of possibility. Up until a few years ago, she

"the word love appears over and over and over" according to Thomas J. Brucia. A very bizarre book that was informative, interesting, and well-written. It doesn't have much to do with the future of sex, but it captures the anarchy, chaos, and variety of the past the word love appears over and over and over A very bizarre book that was informative, interesting, and well-written. It doesn't have much to do with the future of sex, but it captures the anarchy, chaos, and variety of the past 30 years up to the present. In fairness, it's an exploration of the outer edges, and folks (like myself) who liv. 0 years up to the present. In fairness, it's an exploration of the outer edges, and folks (like myself) who liv. user"Interesting book" according to user225. Very nice reading, I enjoyed the narrative of the author telling her experiences, sometimes it gets a little complicated where she is going but that does not last too much. I do not think I understood where the last chapter was going but loved the Elizabeth story and burning man narrative. If yo. "Interesting book" according to user225. Very nice reading, I enjoyed the narrative of the author telling her experiences, sometimes it gets a little complicated where she is going but that does not last too much. I do not think I understood where the last chapter was going but loved the Elizabeth story and burning man narrative. If yo. 5 said Interesting book. Very nice reading, I enjoyed the narrative of the author telling her experiences, sometimes it gets a little complicated where she is going but that does not last too much. I do not think I understood where the last chapter was going but loved the Elizabeth story and burning man narrative. If yo. "Close But Never Makes Contact" according to dave10. Interesting if you don't read a lot of "lifestyle magazines" like Cosmo or Esquire. If you do, or if you pop in the occasional porn film, you probably won't find much that's new. There's plenty of good stuff scattered throughout the book, such as the details of web cam sex experience and how lit