Straight Up

Girlfriend robots, Justin Bieber and blowing up your life


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We are finally getting stuck into the book everyone has been talking about hunnies: All Fours by Miranda July, which has prompted an 'erotic revolution', with a wave of women 'blowing up their lives' by ending their marriages and pursuing sexual liberation. Why is older women’s sexual desire so taboo? Next, following the viral pictures of a 'gaunt' Justin Bieber and Tuppence Middleton’s memoir on her struggle with OCD, we discuss the ethics of media speculation into celebrity health. And also this week: the debate on AI voice recreation as American Murder: Gaby Petito trends at No1 Netflix, a Substack suggesting Booktok content is becoming soft porn for teenage girls (ft our Forth Wing review) and new AI girlfriend thriller Companion.

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Reviews/recs:

  • Harris Dickinson on Chicken Shop Date, YouTube
  • Harris Dickinson on Off Menu
  • Is Rose Gray the Next Big British Pop Star? Vogue 
  • All Fours, Miranda July
  • Miranda July’s Lucrative Fantasies, Substack 
  • Why Gen X Women are Having the Best Sex
  • Scorpions: a memoir excerpt in the Guardian by Tuppence Middleton 
  • Companion, in cinemas now 
  • Her, Amazon Prime 
  • American Murder: Gabby Petito, Netflix
  • If BookTok Was a Community Of Men We Would be Calling the Police, Substack 


New York recs:

  • Carbone
  • Baretto
  • Bemelman's, Carlyle
  • Moxy Chelsea

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