A review by ginnyandtonic
Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Update Helen Gurley Brown's Cult Classic for a New Era by Haley Swanson, Eliza Smith

5.0

God this book was so freaking good. I went into it totally blind, although I was familiar with a couple of the essayists, and did not expect for it to resonate so deeply or that I’d fall in love with every essay. It’s just a truly beautiful book. Yes, sex is a theme in the anthology, but it’s about so much more than that, and goes deep into themes of friendships, relationships, body image, autonomy, independence… So many experiences of womanhood were represented, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of queer, trans, and nonbinary/genderqueer narratives. Everyone should read this, even if you’re not single or not a woman. I’m sure I’ll return to these essays again and again.