Myisha Battle is a certified clinical sexologist and sex and dating coach, educator, and speaker. Her expertise has been featured in the Washington Post, New York Magazine s The Cut, Refinery29, Oprah Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Playboy, Nylon, and many other outlets.?She lives in San Francisco, California.
"This Is Supposed to Be Fun offers the first comprehensive how-to
guide for dating in the digital age, a time when the prospect of
putting oneself out there can be daunting if not downright scary.
Myisha Battle puts control back in the hands of daters, teaching
them to think about what they want and how to get it, and how to
become more connected to each other by first connecting deeply with
themselves. There is no subject that goes unexamined, from flirting
to ghosting and everything in between the sheets. This thoughtful,
humane book reminds me, in a good way, of the sex positive guides I
snuck off my parents' shelves in the 1970s, but This Is Supposed to
Be Fun addresses the sea change that has happened in the ensuing
fifty years. Battle is an insightful voice of reason for those who
feel lost in the wilderness of modern dating."--Nancy Jo Sales,
author of Nothing Personal
"In a world full of one-size-fits-all sex and dating advice, This
Is Supposed to Be Fun is a refreshing guide to understanding,
celebrating, and challenging your unique needs and desires. Whether
you're on all the apps or just looking to be in a sexier
relationship with yourself, this book cuts through the complexity
without ever flattening into stereotypes. It's a pleasure!" --Ann
Friedman, New York Times bestselling co-author of Big
Friendship
"It's hard to stick out in the deluge of dating books that exist in
the world promising to help you find 'the one, ' but This Is
Supposed to Be Fun does just that. Full of practical advice and
prompts that encourage readers to get to the heart of their most
authentic desires, Myisha Battle offers advice that's informative,
realistic, and, most importantly, fun. This Is Supposed to Be Fun
includes an in-depth analysis of how identity--especially race and
gender--impacts your experience with dating, which is a welcome
perspective shift given that most accepted dating wisdom merely
suggests that the problem is you. I found myself not only enjoying
the book, but listing in my head all the friends I must send it
to."--Samhita Mukhopadhyay, former Executive Editor of Teen
Vogue
"Myisha Battle brings deep compassion, true sex-positivity and
respect for the role of pleasure-filled growth in the increasingly
automated search for love and partnership. In this engaging and
wonderfully-written guide to dating and relationship-building
you'll find everything: a discussion of sexual values and
compatibility, real talk about diversity issues and dating racism,
and you'll learn how to extract the positive messages within
rejection (and how to do no harm when you have to reject someone
else). If you've regarded dating more as torment than as a
personal-growth activity, you must pick up this book."--Carol Queen
PhD, Good Vibrations Staff Sexologist
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