{"product_id":"9780745345161","title":"Radical Intimacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A clarion voice from a new generation of British feminists ... I was gripped' - Sophie Lewis, author of \u003cem\u003eAbolish the Family\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\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\r\n\r\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\r\n\r\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\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eNow as an audiobook, to listen to on the go. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sophie K Rosa","offers":[{"title":"Pluto Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (UK) |  2023-03-20","offer_id":44151259791615,"sku":"9780745345161","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_ba0ee0aa-1eee-4a3f-b4e7-d35e776030ac.jpg?v=1679446784","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780745345161","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}