Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution

Amidst thirty-two years of chaos, Nona Willis Aronowitz's life was a roller coaster. Her marriage was crumbling, her family fading, and her emotions and desires running wild. During a period of fear, recognition, and reinvention, her understanding of what "sexual freedom" meant was being challenged.

Amid personal and political chaos, Nona consulted the voices of past sexual rebels--including the late Ellen Willis, a pioneering feminist who prioritized sex. As sexual freedoms gain traction and feminism becomes omnipresent, Nona queries: What do I want? Are my fantasies feasible in a world brimming with sexism, capitalism, and racism?

Nona's quest for the truth unearths a two-century-old parade of ambivalent wives, unchill sluts, free lovers, radical lesbians, woke misogynists and sensitive men who stake everything for sexual satisfaction. Wielded with raw courage, her exploration reveals the triumphs and flaws of modern feminism while answering universal questions about desire. This brave, bold and vulnerable tale is Bad Sex―Nona's pursuit of pleasure and romantic bliss.