Sex Drive: On the Road to a Pleasure Revolution

by Stephanie Theobald

Overview

Arriving in New York with a failing relationship and a body she felt out of touch with, Stephanie Theobald set off on a 3,497 mile trip across America to re-build her orgasm from the ground up. What started as a quest for the ultimate auto-erotic experience became a fantastic voyage into her own body.

She takes us from ‘body sex’ classes with the legendary feminist Betty Dodson to an interview with the former US Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who was fired for suggesting that masturbation should be talked about in schools. Along the way, we are immersed in a weird, countercultural America of marijuana farms and ‘ecosexual sexologists’.

Sex Drive is a memoir about desire and pleasure, merging sexuality and spirituality, eighteenth-century porn and enlightenment philosophy. A new sexual revolution has begun – and this time round, it’s all about the women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783526833
Publisher:	Unbound
Publication date:	10/18/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	825 KB

About the Author

Stephanie Theobald is a British journalist, novelist, public speaker and broadcaster known for her playful and thoughtful work around sexuality and feminism. The Times described her as as 'one of London's most celebrated literary lesbians' and she writes regularly for the Guardian, the Sunday Times and Elle UK. She is the author of four novels, including Partial Indulgence (2010). She lives between London and Los Angeles. @stephotheo

Stephanie Theobald is a British journalist, novelist, public speaker and broadcaster known for her playful and thoughtful work around sexuality and feminism. The Times described her as as 'one of London's most celebrated literary lesbians' and she writes regularly for the Guardian, the Sunday Times and Elle UK. She is the author of four novels including A Partial Indulgence (2010). She lives between London and Los Angeles.

Editorial Reviews

"LOVE this book. It’s inspired me to further heights!" — Emma Thompson, actress

"Few people write about sex with as much energy as Stephanie Theobald. Her writing on desire, masturbation, sex and female empowerment is funny and fearless. Sex Drive might just be the ride of your life." — Clover Stroud, author of The Wild Other

"Part Jack Kerouac, part Joan Didion, Theobald brings a Londoner’s wit to a quest for personal pleasure." — Bidisha, BBC Arts

"This is a tour de force of female desire that should be on the bedside table of anyone who is, sleeps with, or cares about women." — Diva Magazine

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