2026-03-18 19:55 UTC
I've read a bunch of books lately where the main character is a trainwreck who hooks up with tons of people.
That's totally fine.
But here's my plea: Can we occasionally see happy sluts who hook up with tons of people because they enjoy sex?
https://buttondown.com/charliejane/archive/im-kinda-tired-of-this-book-trope-the-miserable/
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@dymaxion@infosec.exchange 2026-03-20 08:26
@charliejane@wandering.shop Or at least unhappy sluts whose unhappiness has absolutely nothing to do with their sluttiness
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@jmeowmeow@hachyderm.io 2026-03-20 13:27
@charliejane@wandering.shop I wonder if those stories of many happy sexual connections are easier to find as memoirs, particularly recollections of a place and time or a "scene" in the Brian Eno sense? But then I suppose Tales of the City must have its successors in spirit. Or perhaps it's a kind of story easier to find told in comics or graphic novels.