The Hollow Life

F*cked: Being Sexually Explorative and Self-Confident in a World That’s Screwed – Krystyna Hutchinson and Corrinne Fisher (Harper One)

Let me be perfectly clear up front, I am probably not in the intended demographic for readers of this book for a couple of easy reasons; I am father of a daughter in her late teens and too old that this stuff concerns me. Oh and you can probably add to the fact that I really have no tolerance for people who are offended by everything because they look for things to offend them and if you’re triggered, whatever the hell that is, I probably wouldn’t piss on you, if you were on fire.

So these young “ladies” are the creators/hosts of the alleged to be “wildly popular” Guys We Fucked: The Anti-Slut Shaming Podcast, where they interview, yep you guessed it, guys they fucked. Which leads me to wonder if this is a show with a planned end date or if these girls are keeping themselves busy and don’t have much spare time?

As to the book, it seems to be a collection of, while I won’t go as grandiose calling them essays, as much a gathering of passing thoughts or stuff from the podcast, written down. They come off as a pair of millennials who are trying ever so desperately to justify and seek approval for the choices they made/make, by trying to convince others to join them in those choices.

I can see why other millenials would think that this drivel is somehow edgy of taboo-busting, but it ends up just another puzzle piece in the growing minefield of trying to “normalize” behavioral choices. While some allege this to be funny, I find it oddly sad and hollow. Given today’s headlines…I wonder if Harvey Weinstein could make the claim he was merely trying to be “explorative”.