Ep. 130 The Politics of Sex with Angela Chen
Today on The Stacks we are joined by Angela Chen, journalist and author of a brand new book on asexuality titled Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex. We talk about asexuality, the ways in which sex is politicized, involuntary celibates, and how people from marginalized groups are expected to educate the masses.
The Stacks Book Club selection for September is The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. We will discuss the book with Lupita Aquino on September 30th.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
"Video Rant, Then Deadly Rampage in California Town" (Ian Lovett and Adam Nagourney, The New York Times)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
"Ep. 128 Big Friendship with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman" (The Stacks)
Asexual Erotics by Ela Przybylo
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