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Herodotus opens his history with a king who hides his bodyguard behind a door so the man can see how beautiful the queen is. The king has thought about the sightlines. He hasn't thought about telling her.
This book follows that urge to have a partner seen, from that palace through Lady Worsley's bath, Goya and Dalí to modern porn. It takes the desire seriously instead of diagnosing it, and keeps coming back to the person the story forgets: the one being shown, who wasn't asked.
What you get: a ZIP file containing the book as a PDF (145 pages) and an EPUB, so you can read it on a computer, tablet or e-reader.
Herodotus opens his history with a king who hides his bodyguard behind a door so the man can see how beautiful the queen is. The king has thought about the sightlines. He hasn't thought about telling her.
This book follows that urge to have a partner seen, from that palace through Lady Worsley's bath, Goya and Dalí to modern porn. It takes the desire seriously instead of diagnosing it, and keeps coming back to the person the story forgets: the one being shown, who wasn't asked.
What you get: a ZIP file containing the book as a PDF (145 pages) and an EPUB, so you can read it on a computer, tablet or e-reader.