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This author had a thesis that campus life is built around frats and house parties and hookups. My university was included and while I certainly knew some kappas who spent every weekend at shooters looking for Lax players, there were a lot of other people like me who had tight friend groups not based around the Greek system. I feel this book was very one-dimensional and lumped all students and campuses under one non-existent umbrella. ⬇️

A pretty accurate capture of hookup culture on college and University campuses, and not exactly a cheerful read. Through interviews and student journals, she reflects what is going on, and some of the topics this culture connects to. This would be a good followup to Missoula.

This is an interesting book about the prevalence for casual hook ups among the college age crowd. I liked how it presented the hookup culture as a problem for both males and females and how trying to differentiate emotions and sex is usually a bad combination. I'd recommend to anyone interested in sociology and sexual studies.

Clare Hollowell sounds like someone I could be friends with.

Such a fascinating look at gender, sex, and American culture. Wade avoids buying into common stereotypes and digs beyond the headlines about college kids and hooking up to explore the larger cultural issues at play.

Bleak. it doesn't exactly cover new ground

Saving this passage for every time someone tries to justify a joke about sexual assault or rape to me. It's not okay to joke about sexual violence. It erodes consent. Also, it's gaslighting. If done repeatedly, it leads to victim blaming & shifts fault away from the (often men) who make these jokes. That puts (often women) in an abuse cycle that's hard to break from where we are perpetually at fault for things over which we have zero control.

I am so glad Wade is taking the time to deconstruct some of the racial bias inherent in hookup & rape culture. It's often overlooked and can lead to criminalizing POC. It may seem like a small thing to have racial "preferences" for dating and hooking up, but it's a micro-aggression that can lead to very real, negative consequences. Over-sexualizing -> racial bias -> "he assaulted her, not me" -> arrest -> jail. [I know I'm generalizing here.]

😂😂 this is bloody ridiculous.

Apparently this is how the Modern College Experience was born—surprise surprise, rich white men didn't like the strict rules of colleges, so they literally burned them down.

(FYI if you see other posts from me for this book under a spoiler tag, they're for trigger warnings, not spoilers. TWs usually for sexual assault, but I don't post anything graphic.)

Monday is Monday so that calls for a good book and some wine on the balcony while the weather is nice. 📖🍷

Starting this tonight for my in-person feminist book club on Thursday! Looks great, can't wait to dig into it. Kind of reminds me of Girls & Sex by Peggy Orenstein that I read and loved last year.

Noodle also wishes everyone a happy #NationalFerretDay!! She's been celebrating today by being a brat. 🐭🐾

4.5🌟 This book covers a lot of the same territory of Girls & Sex, but It's broader, including some queer and heterosexual male perspectives. She stresses that not all college students participate in hookup culture, but the point of the book is cover it, and she does a good job of doing that. It's also a well narrated audiobook. Overall an enthusiastic recommend! 👍🏻

Sad, but definitely true. 😥😥😥

Currently relaxing in this 🛀 and Litsying then finishing this audiobook. Something I ate yesterday had gluten, so I'm skipping the comedian .

Vegas mashup! Clockwise from top left: the view of the wave pool from my room. The audiobook I'm reading, mainly while I soak in the awesome tub. How much I built my $15 up to before I lost it all. 😱😱 And how far I walked between the airport and hotel/casino! 1/2 day #1 was fun!

Officially the best Valentine's Day. Not only did I receive a wonderful #CupidGoesPostal gift, but I also received a really thoughtful surprise care package from my best friend @mshelter. ❤️❤️ He found beautiful carved wooden bookmarks & a Christmas ornament, some kickass WWII lady post-its, & Kona coffee on his trip to Hawaii & an aromatherapy mist diffuser. Also got #bookmail! American Hookup & The New Jim Crow are book club reads this month! 💘

Looking forward to my ever-growing #tbr pile. 📚