Lux “Ask Me About Self-Managed Abortion” Alptraum Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Lux Alptraum is an author, sex educator and podcast host. Author, podcaster, bon vivant: https://t.co/n6aeXb1wYK. Peabody nominee. Literally OCD. Also on Bluesky at @luxalptraum.com Avi: @TheCovatar she/her

Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the Frenzy of the Visible, Expanded Edition
Linda Williams
I have zero interest in "sex scene discourse" but I will say that @ShineLouise about a line that I think comes from Hard Core by Linda Williams about how sex scenes are in some ways equivalent to a musical number in a musical
Paperback, 1999
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Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters
The writing on sex with men that I tend to relate to the most is by trans women; Detransition Baby had some sex scenes that felt super relatable to me, there’s also a @HarronWawker essay I’m gonna try to find in a sec that I really saw myself in.
Paperback, 2021
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
I’m reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and the story is great so far but some of the writing is so unbelievably clunky, *especially* when it’s touching on race and queerness
Paperback, 2018
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Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Janet Mock
About a decade ago — I think in 2014 — a friend and I went to a reading somewhere downtown. We were both mostly there because we wanted to hear Janet Mock speak (this is why I think it was 2014; that's when Redefining Realness was dubbed), but of course she was one of many folks.
Paperback, 2014
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People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Dara Horn
People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn. It’s imperfect — esp because of Horn’s uncritical Zionism — but the good bits are phenomenal. https://t.co/YZ5ieBUGvm
Paperback, 2022
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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Akwaeke Emezi
Kicking myself that You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty was sitting in my house for nearly a year before I finally read it but on the other hand I feel like I read it at exactly the perfect time, truly resonated with my current life in some ways https://t.co/FaIm2x7Nhc
Paperback, 2023
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