{"product_id":"radical-intimacy-by-sophie-k-rosa-9780745345161","title":"Radical Intimacy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A clarion voice from a new generation of British feminists ... I was gripped'\u003c\/em\u003e - Sophie Lewis, author of \u003cem\u003eAbolish the Family\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCapitalist ideology wants us to believe that there is an optimal way to live. 'Making connections' means networking for work. Our 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. Instead, we are left feeling atomised, exhausted, and disempowered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRadical Intimacy\u003c\/em\u003e 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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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, \u003cem\u003eRadical Intimacy\u003c\/em\u003e is the compassionate antidote to a callous society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow available as an audiobook, to listen to on the go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487473713388,"sku":"9780745345161","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/649b268dad058e79da53711115439044.jpg?v=1775776183","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/radical-intimacy-by-sophie-k-rosa-9780745345161","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}