num_pages: 336
description: Named one of the Best Books of 2021 by Oprah Daily Glamour Shondaland BuzzFeed and more! A hilarious and whip-smart collection of essays offering an intimate look at bisexuality gender and of course sex. Perfect for fans of Lindy West Samantha Irby and Rebecca Solnitand anyone who wants and deserves to be seen. If Jen Winston knows one thing for sure its that shes bisexual. Or waitmaybe she isnt? Actually she definitely is. Unlessshes not? Jens provocative laugh-out-loud debut takes us inside her journey of self-discovery leading us through stories of a childhood girl crush an onerous quest to have a threesome and an enduring fear of being bad at sex. Greedy follows Jens attempts to make sense of herself as she explores the role of the male gaze what it means to be queer enough and how to overcome bi stereotypes when youre the posterchild for all of them: greedy slutty and constantly confused. With her clever voice and clear-eyed insight Jen draws on personal experiences with sexism and biphobia to understand how we all can and must do better. She sheds light on the reasons women queer people and other marginalized groups tend to make ourselves smaller provoking the question: What would happen if we suddenly stopped? Greedy shows us that being bisexual is about so much more than who youre sleeping withits about finding stability in a state of flux and defining yourself on your own terms. This book inspires us to rethink the world as we know it reminding us that Greedy was a superpower all along.
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title: Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much
publisher: Atria Books