RaveThe Observer (UK)Gay has an ability to blend the personal and political in a way that feels simultaneously gentle and brutal ... It is a testament to Gay’s writing, as well as an indictment of our politics, that nothing here feels dated ... You look at a cultural moment through Gay’s eyes and, by the end, you see the world differently.
Erica Garza
PositiveThe GuardianIt’s not surprising that there’s an appetite for Garza’s memoir. It may be 2018, but there remains a lot of secrecy and shame around female sexuality ... Garza hopes her memoir will educate people about the nature and prevalence of sex addiction ... Her intention with the book, she stresses, isn’t to 'promote censorship or demonize the porn industry. I think that people can use porn in a healthy way.' Rather she wants to help break down the shame that still shrouds female sexuality ... But while Garza may intend for her memoir to promote a more complex view of female sexuality and desire, I wonder if might end up doing just the opposite ... Garza always knew her story risked getting sensationalized and simplified. Still, she says, she has been disappointed by how reductive some of the coverage has been.
