Popkey offers a new, compelling layer to the conversation about consent. Miranda Popkeys Topics of Conversation is a novel about the things women (largely women of a certain class) talk about, when alone with each other. The narrator never reconciles the political with the personal, but that’s exactly what makes her struggle so relatable. Later, she argues she is paralyzed by the sheer number of choices she must make in her life, and simply wants another person to tell her what to do. The narrator ventures several theories as to why these women may crave submission: When she leaves her kale-eating, liberal husband because he’s too nice, the narrator wonders if she has been “tricked” by the patriarchy into desiring the wrong things in a partner. The stories are engrossing, even sometimes disturbing, but invariably filled with empathy. Over the course of 17 years, an unnamed narrator has a series of discussions with women who want to be subjugated by men. Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey: 9780525566366 : Books A compact tour de force about sex. Rather than dismiss these fantasies as patriarchal brainwashing, Miranda Popkey tackles the contradiction head-on in her debut novel, Topics of Conversation. Popkey is the assistant to the editor at Harper’s Magazine.In the aftermath of the #MeToo movement, critically beloved works like Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People and Phoebe Waller Bridge’s TV show Fleabag have wrestled to reconcile some women’s desire to be dominated in romantic relationships with their espoused feminist ideals. He’s originally from Staten Island and loves pizza. He’s currently the news editor of The FADER and has written for places such as BuzzFeed, Vogue, and New York Magazine. Myles Tanzer is an editor and reporter living in Ridgewood, Queens. You can find her on Twitter or bi-monthly on her newsletter. Vivian Lee is an editor in publishing and (occasionally) a writer based in New York City.
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