Obvious for Me, but Useful for Others
4 stars
Though this book was quite obvious to me, it does feel like something that needs to be said more often. Compulsory sexuality (and even more so, compulsory heterosexuality) takes up so much space in our lives that it causes a lot of us to feel broken for far longer than we ought to (which we shouldn't feel in the first place).
It did feel nice to finally read people having the same thoughts as me: That eating cake is better than sex, that there are so many things I'd rather do than have sex... And just people who had similar thoughts when growing up and didn't know what to do with it. In some regards, I feel seen. In others, this feels distinctly bougie (which the author acknowledges).
Though this book was quite obvious to me, it does feel like something that needs to be said more often. Compulsory sexuality (and even more so, compulsory heterosexuality) takes up so much space in our lives that it causes a lot of us to feel broken for far longer than we ought to (which we shouldn't feel in the first place).
It did feel nice to finally read people having the same thoughts as me: That eating cake is better than sex, that there are so many things I'd rather do than have sex... And just people who had similar thoughts when growing up and didn't know what to do with it. In some regards, I feel seen. In others, this feels distinctly bougie (which the author acknowledges).