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Steph Auteri

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Steph Auteri has written about women's health and sexuality for Undark, Narratively, the Atlantic, The Establishment, and other publications. She is also a regular contributor to Book Riot and the blog for the Center for Sex Education. Her book, A Dirty Word, is forthcoming from Cleis Press in fall 2018. You can learn more at stephauteri.com. Follow her on Twitter at @stephauteri.
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What to Read When You Want Strong Women Who Refuse to Shut Up About Sexuality

  • Steph Auteri
  • September 21, 2018
Steph Auteri shares a list of books to celebrate her book, A DIRTY WORD.
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How Amazon Is Making Sex a Dirty Word

  • Steph Auteri
  • April 9, 2018
"[A]s long as we retain all of these conflicting ideas of what sex is, and what it means to us, sex will always sell—until it's inconvenient."
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If You Are Abandoned

  • Steph Auteri
  • September 14, 2017
My uncle and I had shared many silences together and, in those silences, I felt as if we knew each other.
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How to Win at Feminism, presented by Reductress

  • Steph Auteri
  • January 2, 2017
Steph Auteri reviews How to Win at Feminism, presented by Reductress, today in Rumpus Books.
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The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr

  • Steph Auteri
  • September 28, 2015
Steph Auteri reviews The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr today in Rumpus Books.
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