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New Erotica for Feminists: Satirical Fantasies of Love, Lust, and Equal Pay Paperback – Nov. 13 2018
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Imagine a world where all erotica was written by feminists: Their daydreams include equal pay, a gender-balanced Congress, and Tom Hardy arriving at their doorstep to deliver a fresh case of LaCroix every week.
Both light-hearted and empowering, New Erotica for Feminists—based off of the viral McSweeney's piece of the same name—is a sly, satirical take on all the things that turn feminists on. From a retelling of Adam and Eve to tales of respectful Tinder dates, New Erotica for Feminists answers the question of “What do women really want?” with stories of power, equality, and an immortal Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
- Print length160 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPlume
- Publication dateNov. 13 2018
- Dimensions12.7 x 1.02 x 17.78 cm
- ISBN-100525540407
- ISBN-13978-0525540403
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“This erotica made my loins enflamed with desire... to smash the patriarchy. I would gladly read a whole book of it and pay even a whole Man’s Salary to purchase said book. It deserves to be promoted as much as any high-performance woman in the workplace.”
—Alexandra Petri, Washington Post columnist
"Might be the funniest book of the year (I LOVED this)."
—Joanna Goddard, A Cup of Jo
"New Erotica for Feminists accomplishes what the best satire always should: it's smart, funny, and, most importantly, necessary. I loved it. So will you. I could have kept reading forever."
—Mike Sacks, author of And Here's the Kicker and Poking a Dead Frog
"This book left me hot, bothered, and pining for more equality. Which is generally my default setting...but still. This is the kind of fantasy that gives us what we really want: men who understand emotional labor and an immortal Ruth Bader Ginsburg."
—Gemma Hartley, author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
"We've never been so amused and turned on at the same time."
—HelloGiggles
"I love fantasy novels, and a whole book of satirical feminist erotica like this ridiculous hilarity is more of an escape than any sword-and-sorcery epic. I also hope that these broads included elves in the book, but if they didn't, I still want to tell everybody to buy it."
—Sara Benincasa, author of Real Artists Have Day Jobs
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- Publisher : Plume (Nov. 13 2018)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 160 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0525540407
- ISBN-13 : 978-0525540403
- Item weight : 159 g
- Dimensions : 12.7 x 1.02 x 17.78 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #562,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the authors
Caitlin Kunkel is a writer and satirist. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Live Wire Radio, and other places on the vast internetz.
She is the co-founder and editor of the comedy and satire site for women writers by all definitions, The Belladonna. She created the online satire writing program for The Second City and co-founded the Satire & Humor Festival in 2019. Caitlin's first book, NEW EROTICA FOR FEMINISTS, co-written by The Belladonna editors, was published by Plume in the US and by Sceptre in the UK in November of 2018.
You can follow her tiny thoughts on Twitter @KunkelTron.
Brooke Preston is a writer and teacher of comedy and satire. Her work has been featured in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Reductress, Funny or Die, The Huffington Post, Men's Health and others. She is a faculty member at The Second City.
She is one of four co-founders and editors of The Belladonna Comedy, a satire site by women and other marginalized genders, for everyone.
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Carrie Wittmer is a Brooklyn-based comedy writer and entertainment journalist. Her work has been published in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The New Yorker, and Refinery29.
Carrie writes about television, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and "Paddington 2" for Business Insider. She is also an editor of The Belladonna, a comedy and satire site featuring women and gender-nonconforming writers that she co-founded in 2017.
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"New Erotica for Feminists" is a world of decadent pizza-scented candles, Benedict Cumberbatch safe words, and Tom Hardy wearing "Wild Feminist" t-shirts and playing with rescue dogs. Oh, and Ed Sheeran pens an ode to Agatha Christie with "I Love Your Body...of Work".
This book is a fun play on the erotica genre and I could not count the number of times I laughed out loud or had to explain the title: "It's not what you think, it's better!"
So grab this quick read, enjoy the "salacious" stories of respect, all while watching "Salt" with Angelina Jolie over and over again, and by all means, eat pizza. And nachos, for goodness sakes, the nachos. 😂
Truly a joy to read, a great gift for you or another feminist in your life. Also, there's a great list of ways to keep the work of achieving equality going at the end of the book. First on the list? "Read"!


Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 4, 2019
"New Erotica for Feminists" is a world of decadent pizza-scented candles, Benedict Cumberbatch safe words, and Tom Hardy wearing "Wild Feminist" t-shirts and playing with rescue dogs. Oh, and Ed Sheeran pens an ode to Agatha Christie with "I Love Your Body...of Work".
This book is a fun play on the erotica genre and I could not count the number of times I laughed out loud or had to explain the title: "It's not what you think, it's better!"
So grab this quick read, enjoy the "salacious" stories of respect, all while watching "Salt" with Angelina Jolie over and over again, and by all means, eat pizza. And nachos, for goodness sakes, the nachos. 😂
Truly a joy to read, a great gift for you or another feminist in your life. Also, there's a great list of ways to keep the work of achieving equality going at the end of the book. First on the list? "Read"!




This is a book for anyone and everyone who believes in equality. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said "we should all be feminists," and through its satirical prose, New Erotica for Feminists makes the case that basic equality shouldn't just be a titillating idea but an every day practice for us all.

You'll want to "binge" it because the stories are so nice and bite-sized, but resist. (Pun KIND of intended.) The satire is much sharper if you read a section a day, imo.
Oh, and don't be scared away or threatened by the title. :) There is something for everyone here, men included, and this ex-football playing Star Wars fan actually laughed the hardest at a "Scarlett Letter" story, and stopped to think after "the elevator story" so don't skip a single one!
I staged a photo that seemed appropriate with my kindle copy of the book in homage to one I actually saw on Twitter.


Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 28, 2018
You'll want to "binge" it because the stories are so nice and bite-sized, but resist. (Pun KIND of intended.) The satire is much sharper if you read a section a day, imo.
Oh, and don't be scared away or threatened by the title. :) There is something for everyone here, men included, and this ex-football playing Star Wars fan actually laughed the hardest at a "Scarlett Letter" story, and stopped to think after "the elevator story" so don't skip a single one!
I staged a photo that seemed appropriate with my kindle copy of the book in homage to one I actually saw on Twitter.


This is a book that is hilarious to read. And then you read it again and you start to think about the injustices that it is pointing out and you start to want to take action! Fortunately, the authors have anticipated this feeling and have put some very helpful tips about how to do just that in the last section of the book.
I think anyone with a sense of humor will get a kick out of this book. And maybe they'll think about some things from a new perspective. Basically what I'm saying is that I think this book should be taught in schools.
