The year of hetero discontent
From sex strikes to divorce memoirs, a review of straight culture in 2024.
In all my time of brainstorming year-end pieces, I don’t think I’ve ever arrived quite so quickly at an obvious frame. Going back through everything that I’ve written across the past year, there is a clear cultural story of hetero discontent—one that spans sex, love, dating, marriage, and motherhood.
These kinds of year-end pieces can…