Sex and the single woman : 24 writers reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's cult classic

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"Sixty years ago, Helen Gurley Brown's Sex and the Single Girl sent shockwaves through the United States, selling more than two million copies in three weeks. Helen's message was radical for its time: marriage wasn't essential for women to lead rich, fulfilling lives. Now, in these critical, wry, and expansive essays, twenty-four writers reconsider Helen's advice and how it applies to their own paths, fielding topics that she couldn't--or wouldn'...

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Brown, Helen Gurley. Sex and the single girl

Single women Conduct of life

Single women Sexual behavior

Single women Social conditions 21st century

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ISBN:

9780063071339

Description:

x, 255 pages ; 21 cm

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24 writers reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's cult classic
Twenty-four writers reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's cult classic

Contents:

Introduction / by Eliza Smith and Haley Swanson
Her voice / by Brooke Hauser
When a man isn't a man / by Samantha Allen
The "straight" girl / by Shayla Lawson
In pursuit of brown-on-brown love / by Jennifer Chowdhury
IVF and the single girl / by Evette Dionne
Thank you, ex / by Rosemary Donahue
Party of one / by Josie Pickens
Confessions of a lonely feminist / by Nichole Perkins
Are you having sex? / by Natalie Lima
Queers respecting queers / by Kristen Arnett
Big second-wife energy / by Minda Honey
Loved out loud / by Keah Brown
A new kind of heroine / by Laura Bogart
Sex and the single frump / by Briallen Hopper
Girl meets purity culture / by Giaae Kwon
The animal within the animal / by Melissa Febos
Self-help / by Morgan Parker
Once, a white guy / by Tiana Clark
Sober with a big O / by Tawny Lara
Second coming / by Kate Crawford
If I'm lonely / by Vanessa Friedman
The greatest pleasure / by Xoài Phạm
Apartment / by Seema Reza
Tied, tethered, unfettered, free / by Melissa Faliveno

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bl2022015382

Control Number:

3190914

Other Authors:

Allen, Samantha (Journalist). When a man isn't a man
Arnett, Kristen. Queers respecting queers
Bogart, Laura. New kind of heroine
Brown, Keah. Loved out loud
Chowdhury, Jennifer. In pursuit of brown-on-brown love
Clark, Tiana. Once, a white guy
Crawford, Kate, 1976-, 1948- Second coming
Dionne, Evette. IVF and the single girl
Donahue, Rosemary. Thank you, ex
Faliveno, Melissa, 1983- Tied, tethered, unfettered, free
Febos, Melissa. Animal within the animal
Friedman, Vanessa. If I'm lonely
Hauser, Brooke. Her voice
Honey, Minda. Big second-wife energy
Hopper, Briallen Elisabeth, 1978- Sex and the single frump
Kwon, Giaae. Girl meets purity culture
Lara, Tawny. Sober with a big O
Lawson, Shayla. "Straight" girl
Lima, Natalie. Are you having sex?
Parker, Morgan. Self-help
Perkins, Nichole. Confessions of a lonely feminist
Phạm, Xoài. Greatest pleasure
Pickens, Josie. Party of one
Reza, Seema. Apartment
Smith, Eliza (Journalist), editor
Swanson, Haley, editor

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