The death of millennial feminism. A bad marriage. Absolutely none of our business.
These are just some of the Internet’s takes on the memoir Adult Braces by millennial icon Lindy West. And of course Mia — who has met and interviewed Lindy and found her delightful and blisteringly smart — has a few opinions of her own.
Joined on this subscriber episode by Clare Stephens and Holly Wainwright, Mia asks and answers some questions about the most talked-about memoir of the moment. Questions like: If you spill all the details of your polyamorous throuple in a series of personal essays, can you actually argue that your relationship is not 'for public audit'? And: Do we just find it impossible to believe a woman can be happy in a non-monogamous relationship? And: When someone tells you they really, really don’t want to be monogamous, shouldn’t you just believe them?
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- Author Lindy West thought she had a 'perfect' marriage. Then her husband asked to open it.
- Lindy West: "I was in a relationship with a guy who was embarrassed to be seen with me in public."
- Lindy West: "My abortion was simple with no pain. We need to hear these stories."
- He set up a fake profile of her deceased father, just to mess with her.
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