This is a once-weekly* letter about joy. I believe pleasure is powerful when it’s rebellious, when it’s selfish, when it’s loud, and especially when it’s shared. Join me, won’t you?

*At least, that’s the plan

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Writer, critic, feminist historian, author of HOTBED & THE EXTRA WOMAN. Bylines NYT, New Republic, Guardian, Washington Post, TLS. London -> New York -> Paris in pursuit of books, love, cocktails, pleasure. Raising a small human.