{"product_id":"sexual-revolution-laurie-penny","title":"Sexual Revolution, Laurie Penny","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn urgent, hopeful, and unapologetically radical new book about consent, democracy, desire and the future of sexual politics from award-winning writer Laurie Penny.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThis is a story about how modern masculinity is killing the world, and how feminism can save it. It's a story about sex and power and trauma and resistance and persistence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSex and gender are changing, and the world is changing with them. In this time of crisis, we are also witnessing a productive transformation: a revolutionary change in how we define gender, sex, consent and whose bodies matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sexual revolution is a threat to the social and economic order. It undermines the existing power structures and weakens the authority of institutions from the waged workplace to the nuclear family. No wonder the far right is fighting back so hard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with Laurie Penny's trademark urgency and candour, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSexual Revolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a hand-grenade of a book: both a manifesto for social change and a story of how feminism can save us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThis broad, ambitious book skilfully skewers everyday sexisms . Penny is a skilled polemicist, and their underlying argument, if not exactly original, is vital: that questions of sex and love are central to politics . A perfect summation of our cultural double standards . Penny has a knack for identifying missed connections . This is a broad, ambitious book, and Penny's writing is vivid and passionate ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA call to arms . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSexual Revolution\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis about shining a spotlight on the changes that are already happening, and encouraging them, despite the backlash, despite the fear ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a voice of blazing fury. These are the clear, ferocious words of a millennial, intersectional feminist . . . Penny connects up the dots of the many issues impacting on women's lives and links them through to the attitudes of a patriarchal, racist and capitalist society . . . The book contains many blistering arguments, including the reminder that what we are tackling is not just one sexual violence case but a whole culture . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSexual Revolution\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprovides an analysis of how far we have yet to go\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHerald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Penny's searing critique of male dominance, violence and supremacy traces the link between everyday sexism and the far right's project of biopower. Penny's quiet but incandescent anger burns through every page, guiding with wit and erudition us towards solutions that involve a hitherto discounted possibility: that men might change -- Paul Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Penny's electric new book boldly announces that the feminist sexual revolution is here; we are in the midst of a 'fundamental reimagining of gender roles and sexual roles, work and love, trauma and violence, pleasure and power.' Captivating, emphatic, and deeply inspiring, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSexual Revolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e lifted me greatly by envisioning the possibilities of our moment -- V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES and THE APOLOGY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant; vital; revolutionary -- Kate Manne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Penny is a true gift. Their excoriation of the patriarchy and its continued harm against all humans is life-giving, and perhaps only matched by the exceptional warmth and good humour they express while making great strides to change the world -- Clementine Ford, author of FIGHT LIKE A GIRL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI can't really think of another writer who so consistently and bravely keeps thinking and talking and learning and trying to make the world better -- Caitlin Moran (praise for Laurie Penny)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-extend-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eLaurie Penny is an author, journalist and screenwriter from London. They are a culture writer for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWired\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magazine and have written for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Longreads, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and many more. 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