A Dirty Word: How a Sex Writer Reclaimed Her Sexuality

<a href="https://35over35.com/"><b>An official selection for the 2018 35 over 35 List!</b></a><br/><br/>Steph Auteri is a sex writer. In her fifteen years as a journalist, she has reviewed sex toys, attended sex parties, researched sexual health, and even participated in “cuddle parties.” There’s only one small problem—a secret she’s been keeping… Her sex drive is in the gutter.<br/><br/>A beautiful and hilarious mixture of cultural essays and poignant personal stories, <i>A Dirty Word</i> shines a light on what it’s like to feel broken, only to realize that there is no right way to be sexual. From her earliest sexual experiences, Auteri felt there must be something wrong with her. As an adult, her career in sex writing was meant to be a type of shock therapy—a way to fix her “sexual dysfunction”. But her career, exciting as it was, could not provide a roadmap through her struggles with a low libido, painful sex, fertility pro