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Modern life calls for modern relationship advice. Sex From Scratch is a love and dating guidebook that gleans real-life knowledge from smart people in a variety of nontraditional relationships. Instead of telling people how to snag a man, seduce a woman, or find “true love,” the book sums up what dozens of diverse folks have learned the hard way over time. Sarah Mirk offers tips and stories from the steadfastly single to people making open relationships work, from people who’ve decided they’re never going to have kids to parents who are consciously producing the next generation. No matter what type of relationship you're in or what type you want, Mirk's reporterly wisdom and sense of humor provides perspective, humor, and down to earth guidance. This is an essential, fun, insightful resource whose time has come.

ISBN-13: 9781648410451

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Microcosm Publishing LLC

Publication Date: 11-09-2021

Pages: 192

Product Dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)

Series: Good Life

Sarah Mirk is an editor and writer from Portland, Oregon who specializes in sexual politics, media, and history. Since January 2013, she's been the online editor at Bitch Media. She also writes, draws, and edits nonfiction comics. You can find her on twitter at https://twitter.com/sarahmirk and see more of her work at http://mirkwork.wordpress.com/.

Table of Contents

Introduction 10

Introduction to the second edition 16

1 Loving Being Single 18

Michelle Tea: Don't Date People Who Bring You Down 30

Tracy Clark-Flory: Don't Fake Orgasms 38

2 Building Feminist Relationships 46

Ev'Yan Whitney: Ditch the Beliefs that Don't Fit 60

Aya de Leon:

Take Up as Much Space as You Want 72

Andi Zeisler: Choose to Make Each Other Family 83

3 Navigating Open Relationships 90

Tristan Taormino: Practice Saying "No" 112

Erika Moen: Love is Not Enough 119

Bauer 128

4 Gender is Messy 132

Stu Rasmussen:

This is My Life and I'm Going to Run It 140

Margaret Jacobsen:

Show Up As You Are, and That's Enough 148

5 Staying Childless by Choice 158

Wendy-O Matik: Love Who You Want, How You Want, As Many as You Want 175

6 On Never Getting Married 185

Betty Dodson: Sex is More Than Bumping Genitals 195

7 Knowing When to Split 202

Tomas Moniz: Relax, Listen, Ask Questions 216

Reading List 221

Acknowledgements 223