Radical Intimacy

An impassioned discussion about the alternative ways to form relationships &resist capitalism

‘Sophie K. Rosa challenges us to rethink, reimagine, resist & redefine intimacy according to our own standards instead of those force-fed to us via the white supremacist capitalist cisheteropatriarchy.’ -Ms. Magazine

'A clarion voice from a new generation of British feminists... I was gripped' -Sophie Lewis, author of Abolish the Family

Capitalist ideology wants us to believe that there is an optimal way to live. 'Making connections' means networking for work. Our emotional needs are to be fulfilled by a single romantic partner, & self-care equates to taking personal responsibility for our suffering. We must be productive & heterosexual, we must have babies & buy a house. But the kicker is most people cannot & do not want to achieve all, or any of these life goals. Instead we are left feeling atomised, exhausted & disempowered.

Radical Intimacy shows that it doesn't need to be this way. A punchy & impassioned account of inspiring ideas about alternative ways to live, Sophie K Rosa demands we use our radical imagination to discover a new form of intimacy & to transform our personal lives & in turn society as a whole.

Including critiques of the 'wellness' industry that ignores rising poverty rates, the mental health crisis, & racist & misogynist state violence; transcending love & sex under capitalism to move towards feminist, decolonial, & queer thinking; asking whether we should abolish the family; interrogating the framing of aging & death, etc. Radical Intimacy is the compassionate antidote to a callous society.

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Sophie K Rosa is a writer & freelance journalist. She has written for Guardian, Buzzfeed, VICE, & Al  Jazeera. In 2018, she was openDemocracy's feminist investigative journalism fellow, producing a series of articles tracking the backlash against women's & LGBTQIA+ rights.