Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's Cult Classic

By: Eliza Smith and Haley Swanson

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Synopsis: One of Bustle's Best Books of MayA feminist anthology inspired by legendary Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown’s Sex and the Single Girl, featuring twenty-four new essays on the triumphs and heartbreaks of modern singlehood from acclaimed and bestselling authors, including Kristen Arnett, Morgan Parker, Evette Dionne, and Melissa Febos.Sixty years ago, Helen Gurley Brown's Sex and the Single Girl sent shockwaves through the United States, selling more than two million copies in three weeks. Helen’s message was radical for its time: marriage wasn’t essential for women to lead rich, fulfilling lives.Now, in these critical, wry, and expansive essays, twenty-four writers reconsider Helen’s advice and how it applies to their own paths, fielding topics that she couldn’t—or wouldn’t—conceive of in 1962: contraception and abortion (an omission demanded by her publisher), queer and trans womanhood, polyamory, celibacy, interracial dating, bodies of all kinds, consent, sex work, IVF, and the pop culture that both saves and fails us.Eliza Smith and Haley Swanson’s revisionist anthology honors Brown’s irreverent spirit while also validating our modern experiences of singlehood, encouraging us all to reclaim joy where it’s so often been denied.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 272 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780063071346
Related ISBNs:: 9780063071339
Publisher:: HarperCollins
Date of Addition:: 03/30/25
Copyrighted By:: Eliza Smith and Haley Swanson. Essays copyright
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Self-Help, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.