{"product_id":"radical-intimacy-by-sophie-k-rosa","title":"Radical Intimacy by Sophie K Rosa","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCapitalist ideology wants us to believe that there is an optimal way to live. 'Making connections' means networking for work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur emotional needs are to be fulfilled by a single romantic partner, and self-care equates to taking personal responsibility for our suffering. We must be productive and heterosexual, we must have babies and buy a house. But the kicker is most people cannot and do not want to achieve these goals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstead we are left feeling atomised, exhausted and disempowered. Radical Intimacy shows that it doesn't need to be this way. Including inspiring ideas for alternative ways to live, Sophie K Rosa demands we use our radical imagination to discover a new form of intimacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncluding critiques of the 'wellness' industry that ignores rising poverty rates, the mental health crisis and racist and misogynist state violence; transcending love and sex under capitalism to move towards feminist, decolonial and queer thinking; asking whether we should abolish the family; interrogating the framing of ageing and death and much more, Radical Intimacy is the compassionate antidote to a callous society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A clarion voice from a new generation of British feminists ... I was gripped' - Sophie Lewis, author of Abolish the Family\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 208 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43734432252119,"sku":"","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/products\/9780745345161.jpg?v=1679136728","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/radical-intimacy-by-sophie-k-rosa","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}