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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
A for Alone by Curtis Sittenfeld
Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li
Our episode on White Noise by Emma Cline and The Assistant (2019)
Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian
The mounting, undeniable Me Too backlash by Constance Grady
Sexual assault allegations seem to be a badge of honor in Trump’s America. Was #MeToo an epic failure? by Carter Sherman
On Heteropessimism by Asa Seresin
The First Stone by Helen Garner
The Women’s Room by Marylin French
The Ghost in the Martini by Anthony Hecht
Was Casual Sex Always This Bad? by Emily Leibert
The 4B movement
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