Virtually precisely 5 years in the past, I used to be sitting in a restaurant consuming lunch when an thought for a e book got here rocketing into my mind. I had been desirous about my intercourse training, and all of the totally different locations that I had discovered about intercourse after I was a child. I’d had some formal intercourse ed in school, my dad and mom had offered me with a few books on the topic and I’d picked up a number of issues from pals. It occurred to me that an enormous chunk of what I believed I knew about intercourse as a teenager got here from watching teen motion pictures all all through the 90’s and 2000’s. I’d gleaned an terrible lot of knowledge from my regular weight-reduction plan of stripling motion pictures, and I started questioning simply how that had impacted my concepts about intercourse and sexuality.
Quick-forwarding to now: having watched upwards of 120 teen flicks, learn lots of of journal articles and books on the topic, delved deep into my very own reminiscences, spent a lot of the pandemic hammering away at my keyboard after which one other 12 months modifying and formatting, I’ve lastly received my completed e book in my fingers and able to share with the world.
Apple Pies and Different Lies is a nostalgic deep-dive into the films I beloved as a teen. I checked out teen motion pictures from 1995 to 2007 – from American Pie to Clueless, Merciless Intentions to Imply Women- to dissect the teachings they taught me about sexuality. I in contrast and contrasted the scenes in these motion pictures to real-life teen experiences and analysis that’s been performed on teen sexuality throughout this era to find out how correct they’re. It was an enchanting course of and I’m so excited to share the top end result with you.
In the event you have been a 90’s child who spent your Friday nights at Video Ezy, selecting motion pictures for you and your mates to look at at a sleepover, this e book is for you. In the event you obtained lackluster intercourse ed in school and sought to fill the gaps with scenes from bawdy teen comedies, this e book is for you. In the event you spent each faculty vacation on the cinema, or memorized all the script to Empire Data, this e book is for you. And if you happen to’re a sex-positive nerd with a ardour for pop-culture, this e book is most undoubtedly for you.
The e book is obtainable from an enormous vary of shops. For my Australian readers, you possibly can choose up a replica in my on-line retailer, or go to Booktopia or Readings. Abroad readers can go to Amazon, Barnes & Noble.
I’m so excited to share this e book with you. I’ve labored so laborious to make it a actuality, and it’s been a lot enjoyable chatting with individuals about their favorite teen motion pictures, and the messed-up issues they’ve discovered from motion pictures after they have been starting adolescence. Once I assume again on it, my writing about sexuality on this weblog was actually the beginning of me attempting to unlearn the teachings I picked up throughout my teen years, so this e book form of seems like my origin story as a sexuality author.
For everybody who has purchased the e book thus far, an enormous thanks. I actually recognize your assist. And for many who haven’t grabbed a replica but, what are you ready for?
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