The Politics of Love

Love, sex and desire . . . how do we experience them? How do we relate them to the opposite sex?

In 24 short chapters Alina Reyes, one of the first female writers of erotica, deploys here the full range of styles she can command — erotic, poetic, humorous and candid. She describes her fantasies and her relationship with her own body. She also examines the social pressures, which lead to the premature deaths of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, and which contribute to widespread attitudes of machismo and/or shame. This is a a serious examination of the nature of desire and how it fits in with the strictures of society.