“Why Are People Into That?” is out now from Hachette.
Contemporary literature has yielded plenty representations of kink, from 50 Shades of Grey to R.O. Kwon’s Exhibit. But if you’re searching for deeper background on the cultural norms we’ve built up around BDSM and its myriad modes of expression, sex educator, dominatrix, and Lambda Literary fellow Tina Horn’s new book Why Are People Into That?—which cites everything from Catherine Opie’s art to Lillian Fishman’s writing to the TV show Portlandia—is most definitely for you.
The tension within feminist discourse between the fight for liberation and the world of fantasy and desire has been there since the beginning of feminism, particularly in the second wave. #MeToo was founded by Tarana Burke and then, you know, its widespread, sort of zeitgeist explosion, and I think it’s really important that we remember that the movement is about consent, but also primarily about sex and work.
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