The Right to Sex with Amia Srinivasan

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The Right to Sex with Amia Srinivasan

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What are the politics of sex? Incels, porn, sexual racism, the feminist sex wars, and more. Philosopher Amia Srinivasan on her new essay collection The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century.

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