Sex From Scratch: Making Your Own Relationship Rules

Written by Sarah Mirk

Narrated by Dani Herd

Modern life calls for modern relationship advice. Sex From Scratch is a love and dating guidebook that gleans real-life knowledge from smart people in a variety of nontraditional relationships. Instead of telling people how to snag a man, seduce a woman, or find "true love", the book sums up what dozens of diverse folks have learned the hard way over time. 

Sarah Mirk offers tips and stories from the steadfastly single to people making open relationships work, from people who've decided they're never going to have kids to parents who are consciously producing the next generation. No matter what type of relationship you're in or what type you want, Mirk's reporterly wisdom and sense of humor provides perspective, humor, and down to earth guidance. This is an essential, fun, insightful resource whose time has come.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: Sep 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094428611

Sarah Mirk

Sarah Mirk is a social justice-focused writer and artist who loves to read, draw comics, make zines, pet dogs, and learn about the world. She began her career as a journalist for the alternative weekly newspapers the Stranger and the Portland Mercury. She then worked as the online editor of national feminism and pop culture nonprofit Bitch Media. She moved on to become a contributing editor at the graphic journalism website The Nib, where she writes and edits nonfiction comics about history, politics, and identity. She is the author of the book Sex from Scratch: Making Your Own Relationship Rules and the sci-fi graphic novel Open Earth. Sarah holds a degree in history, with honors, from Grinnell College. She identifies as queer and cisgender and lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner. You can follow her work on Twitter or Instagram @sarahmirk. She always welcomes questions and good ideas.

Reviews for Sex From Scratch

[Hiram Mendoza · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Es un libro muy humano en todos los aspectos. No importa tu sexo, orientación sexual o preferencias. Es un libro que vale la pena escuchar por el simple hecho de abordar temas tan complicados sin sentirte que alguien te juzga. La vida es solo una, y aunque el sexo es una pequeña parte de nuestro mundo, es una parte que vale la pena disfrutar.

[schatzi_5 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I think that this would be a good book for young adults, especially those who are looking for other options besides heteronormative monogamous relationships. But as someone who is older and has some experience with the subject matter, I found it to be more of an "introduction" and less helpful to me.

[swampygirl-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I'm a stalwart monogamist, but I have to admit that polygamists seem to be the only people writing good relationship advice these days. A very thought provoking read.