THE sex manual of 1969 (yeah baby) is also one of the all time best selling books EVER in America. Yeah, if you were breathing in 1969, odds are: YOU READ THIS BOOK. But is it a radical, liberal education on "fun sex" or a truly disturbing attack on women, aging, and homosexuality that you cannot even FIND in libraries today?

We have award-winning podcast host and best-selling author DAN SAVAGE (instagram.com/dansavage/?hl=en) on the cast to help us find out. Spoiler: We find out VERY quickly. Kind of like, page two...

This is a great one, so tune in! And check out Dan's podcast and column!

https://savage.love/lovecast/

https://savage.love/savagelove/

Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!


Here’s the Season 16 reading list:

1. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. Run Rose Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by David Reuben
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
7. Supermarket by Logic
8. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

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CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Johnna Scrabis. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get it here: https://www.free-stock-music.com