The State of the Hetero Union Part 1: Sex, Marriage, and 'Big D Desire' with Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-Flory

In Part 1 of our jam-packed conversation with feminist writers

Tracy Clark-Flory

and

Amanda Montei

, Sarah and Miranda attempt to unpack why this has been such a big year for examining sex in hetero-marriage, the specter of patriarchy haunting all of our marital beds, and whether or not good sex is possible anymore in a hetero-marriage.

Links:

• Amanda Montei’s “Can a Sexless Marriage Be a Happy One? Can a Sexless Marriage Be a Happy One?” in the New York Times Magazine

• Liars by Sarah Manguso

• All Fours by Miranda July

• Tracy on The Endless Repetition of Heterosexuality

• Want by Gillian Anderson

• Anne Hathaway’s The Idea Of You

• Nicole Kidman’s Babygirl

• Ester Perel

• Tracy Clark-Flory
  ’s fabulous newsletter, TCF Emails and her book, Want Me.

• Amanda Montei
  ’s fabulous newsletter, Mad Woman, and her book, Touched Out.

Culture Recs:

• Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women and the related television series

• Brian Jordan Alvarez