{"product_id":"laid-and-confused-why-we-tolerate-bad-sex-and-how-to-stop-maria-yagoda-hardcover","title":"Laid and Confused: Why We Tolerate Bad Sex and How to Stop -- Maria Yagoda, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA refreshingly honest, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edeeply researched, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand frequently hilarious deep-dive into the cultural crisis of bad sex, as one brave sex columnist recruits the counsel of coaches, psychologists, pro-dommes, and peers in the pursuit of pleasure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFar more alarming than the millennial \"sex recession\"--the phenomenon of young people having less sex than previous generations--is that we're in the middle of a bad sex epidemic that all generations are suffering from. Despite major advances in sex education, positivity, and technology, we haven't moved the needle on \u003ci\u003ebetter. \u003c\/i\u003eWe're still quietly enduring unsatisfying sex, whether that's resigning ourselves to the same three positions we secretly hate, or lying when our Bumble date asks if we're \"close\" after fifteen seconds of oral. We've been trained to optimize everything, except our own pleasure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor journalist Maria Yagoda, bad sex was her villain origin story. After going viral for a column calling out bad sex on her college campus, she launched a career as a sex columnist, earning a global following for her wit, vulnerability, and expertise in her popular VICE series, \u003ci\u003eSex Machina\u003c\/i\u003e. But even as a professional sex writer, most of the sex she was having landed somewhere between passable and \"huh.\" In search of understanding, she consulted sex therapists, psychologists, dominatrixes and sex toy creators, as well as young people of all genders and sexualities, putting her own sex life on the line--from hiring a sex coach to attending a \"masturbation meditation\" Zoom seminar--in order to pave a new path forward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the vein of \u003ci\u003eCome as You Are \u003c\/i\u003efor the \u003ci\u003eTrick Mirror \u003c\/i\u003eaudience, \u003ci\u003eLaid and Confused \u003c\/i\u003epresents a fresh, funny, and compassionate analysis of our current sexual moment, and offers research-based tools that will empower readers to craft the deeply pleasurable sex lives they deserve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Yagoda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.65w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250277732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaria Yagoda (she\/they) was born and raised in Pennsylvania. After graduating from Yale, she moved to Brooklyn, with brief stints in Naples, Italy, and Split, Croatia. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a sandwich maker at a café in Williamsburg, among various other odd-jobs. She went on to work at People Magazine and launch a sex column, \u003ci\u003eSex Machina\u003c\/i\u003e, at Vice. She is now a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eFood \u0026amp; Wine\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine. She lives in East Williamsburg with her traumatized Chihuahua mix, Bucatina, and her Nintendo Switch. She suffers from depression and enjoys yoga, \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e, and Vietnamese food.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yagoda, Maria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49362763776228,"sku":"9781250277732","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/41BjdIm-02L.jpg?v=1783590432","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/laid-and-confused-why-we-tolerate-bad-sex-and-how-to-stop-maria-yagoda-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}