Slate profile and the risks of memoiring intimacy

MONDAY ANALYSIS: 

Writer Lindy West has let us into the world of her modern marriage. It made us wonder…do we all know far too much about each other’s relationships? And knowing how cruel the internet can be, why do so many writers continue to mine their personal lives for their work?

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Lindy West Thought She Couldn’t Handle Polyamory. She Was Wrong from Modern Love by the New York Times

Lindy West’s How Not To Guide to Polyamory in Slate by Scaachi KoulPolyamory Is Not Too Good To Be True interview by StyleLikeU on YouTube
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