![]() Winston approvingly quotes fellow bisexual feminist Shiri Eisner: Greedy is a book about being a walking stereotype and knowing it. It’s not long before she’s in her match’s bed. But Jen, “a thirty-two-year-old white woman whose AIM handle was once jennibaby069,” knows the rulebook for heterosexual dating by heart, so she takes the easy option. ![]() Yes, she has recently come out as bisexual and subsequently sworn off dating men. On the next page, Jen receives a follow-up message, and her desire for male validation takes over. Upon receiving a one-word text from a mediocre man on a dating app, Winston leads the reader through her thought process: She wants to behave like someone with self-respect, therefore, she will not text him back. ![]() Jen Winston’s debut essay collection, Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much, begins with a scene in which she is gazing at her topless reflection in the mirror with her phone to hand. ![]()
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