The Last Straight Woman
On Desiring Men
$42.89
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
23 June 2026
Summary
A fiercely intelligent, funny, and much-needed reality check on the state of heterosexual women.
The Last Straight Woman is a call to set aside the baggage of what female heterosexuality evokes, in favour of a definition of what it actually entails—women liking men. No more, no less. That a woman is straight implies nothing about how conventional or submissive she is. It does not mean she wants to be accommodating to men generally.
Using that simple definition as its …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780771013027 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0771013027 |
| Author: | Phoebe Maltz Bovy |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Imprint: | Signal |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 23 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 366g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 217mm x 149mm |
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Critics Review
“An affectionate tribute to women’s unrequited desire… . An ode to the everywoman.”
–Wall Street Journal
About The Author
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
PHOEBE MALTZ BOVY is a cultural critic in Toronto, and the author of The Perils of “Privilege” (2017). She is a regular columnist for The Globe and Mail, a senior editor at The Canadian Jewish News, and a co-host (with Kat Rosenfield) of the Feminine Chaos podcast. Her newsletter, Close-reading the Reruns, relates contemporary North American issues to 90s British sitcoms. She has written for The Atlantic, The Forward, and The New Republic, among many other publications. Phoebe has a Ph.D. in French from New York University.
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