Why Are People into That?

A Cultural Investigation of Kink

De: Tina Horn

Narrado por: Tina Horn

From a #1 Apple podcast host, Lambda Literary fellow, and dominatrix comes a sex-positive, judgment-free cultural deep-dive into the world of kink.

When celebrated BDSM educator Tina Horn first launched Why Are People Into That?!, publications from Vice to Buzzfeed heralded it as one of the best sex podcasts around. Each episode centered around a different fetish or fantasy, thoughtfully examining why, exactly, different strokes work for different folks. From sex workers and scientists to artists and activists, Tina’s wide range of guests helped educate fascinated listeners across the world on the wide spectrum of humanity’s appetites. With her listeners growing more and more insatiable, she soon realized that the only way to address the titular question with all the depth and nuance it deserved was to turn that idea into a book.

From spanking, strap-ons, and sluts, to taboos involving cake, chains, and cannibalism, WHY ARE PEOPLE INTO THAT? explores the universal drives that shape even the most specific erotic tastes, and the cultural context that molds and is molded by the way we conceptualize pleasure, gender, fantasy, and power. With buoyant prose, Tina invites us to reconsider everything we thought we knew about sexuality. How, for example, should we think about "consensual nonconsent" in a post-#MeToo era? How does cross-dressing fit in with our evolving cultural understanding of gender performance and identity? And what do foot fetishists, fisters, and FinDoms have in common?

Blending insightful cultural criticism, investigative journalism, and spicy anecdotes from Tina’s 15+ years of hard-earned expertise in the sex industry and beyond, WHY ARE PEOPLE INTO THAT? is a philosophical-but-fun exploration of the prismatic spectrum of human desire and the expansive possibilities of pleasure. For fans of adrienne maree brown and Emily Nagoski, this raunchy and rousing book is perfect for anyone who is interested not only in the intricacies of what we desire, but in how desire itself really works.

©2024 Tina Horn (P)2024 Hachette Books

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Tina Horn is that rare writer on sex: a super-sharp observer and a daring thinker who is as curious, warm, and uncompromising in approaching her subject as she is about why it matters. What I love and admire so much about Tina’s work is how she makes desire bigger.”—MELISSA GIRA GRANT, author of Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work and staff writer at The New Republic

“Tina Horn is the king, queen, and court jester of skintellectuals. No one can undress taboos and demystify desire like she can.”—KRISTEN J. SOLLÉE, author of Witches, Sluts, Feminists

“Finally, a book about sex that is actually sexy. Full of curiosity, profound knowledge, a command of craft, and—yes—eros, Tina Horn isn’t here to explain, she is here to explore. Horn’s prose is that of a sexy teacher but only in the kinky way. Why Are People Into That? isn’t a textbook; it’s a choose your own adventure of erotic delights. In a way, every reader will hold in their hands a different book, exactly the one they, and only they, need.”—JOSEPH OSMUNDSON, author of Virology, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in nonfiction

Everyone having sex should read / listen to this book.

There is so much I learned about sex, myself, and others while listening to this book. I never had heard of Tina Horn or her podcast before a friend mentioned this book and I ran looking for it. It’s now one of my favorite books ever read and something I will recommend to any one that reads or has sex.

iconic. new favorite sex book.

i very much identify as a sex geek, and i’ve consumed a lot of content about it, including the WAPIT podcast. tina horn has the expertise that so many books about sex are missing. and on top of that is an excellent storyteller and entertainer. this audiobook is a wholesome and perverted gift to the world. 🥰

It was great to listen to the different Interests in sexuality.

I like that for once. Sexuality was talked about in an adult conversation.
And demystified in a healthy, educational way.

entertaining and informative

There is a lot to like about this book. Horn uses a great variety of professional, academic, and social experience to define, expand upon, and discuss kink in so many ways. Her perspective as a queer woman, formerly a ProDomme, adds amazing and sometimes hilarious depth to the book as well. If you are interested in kink or just curious about the variety of sex and sexualities, it’s worth spending some time with.

It is fairly well written.

This book is not necessarily for everyone, but the information that it presents is useful for anyone. If you are Cis Het Male, at times your demographic may feel glossed over or lesser than the rest in the community, the red-headed step children type expression. The author definitely favors certain groups which is well within their right, though many times it feels like soap box rants and stern stern lectures, but still well written to get opinions out in the open.