Rough: Rachel Thompson Interviewed
“Do you mind if we don’t have sex?”
How often this question, if asked by a woman on a first date, is met by the other side with understanding? One-night stands could be quite fun, but there could be personal reasons why you might not want to engage in sex on the first night with someone you don’t know or trust, even if you’re attracted to them. Some men feel offended by the rejection, going as far as asking to be reimbursed for the money they’d spent on the woman, reducing sex to a transactional act and objectifying women.
Rachel Thompson interviewed about her new book, Rough, by Nataliya Deleva.
Meanwhile, in the Tower
Well yes, of course, I suppose I must confess to a certain amount of nervousness because I don’t know what kind of information you want, what I can tell you, you know, and this bag, yes, sorry, the bag with my camera, I suppose you’ll want that, though I told them downstairs that there’s not much to see, and it’s not even my camera if I’m honest, it’s my friend’s, and he won’t mind me saying that, I mean I suppose it’s obvious it’s not mine isn’t it, the way I cart it around with me like an amateur…
A short story by David Hering.