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"Should I Warn My Family About the Sex Scenes in My Book?"

It's a little late to be asking.

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Rachel Wildavsky
Aug 26, 2024
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Original column: Emily Gould, NY Magazine, June 12 2024.

My take: After many years of trying, the letter-writer is about to publish a book of essays—hurray! Her proud mother is bragging all over the extended family—thanks, Mom!

But there’s a problem: The essays include “many anecdotes relating to casual sex, moderate drug use, and just existing as a sexua…

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