Little Baby Nothing

most people’s gripes with sally rooney always include her descriptions of thin women who forget to eat, and her lack of quotation marks. But nobody talks about how her female characters always cum from penetrative PiV sex. Every single time. It’s so weird.

finished conversations with friends. i was under the impression it would be about a lesbian who realises she’s actually bisexual. in actuality, Frances already knows she’s bisexual. and it doesn’t seem to be significant to her, to fall in love with a man for the first time, after only being with a woman before. she tells Nick she’s never been with a man before and then they have amazing sex, again and again. in the end Frances concludes that she loves her ex gf. They rekindle their romance and there are nice descriptions of their time living together, but there’s no mention of sex. Contrasted to many previous straight sex scenes. it really reminds me of old sapphic tumblr depictions of lesbian relationships. On top of this they don’t want to label their relationship, even tho Frances was happy to call Nick, a married man, her boyfriend. finally, Frances reconnects with Nick again. there’s discussion throughout about non-monogamy and the concept of loving more than one person. one character argues it’s is a kind of sexual orientation. i think this book treats heterosexuality as a more serious form of love. the lesbian relationship is an afterthought. and Bobbi didn’t even get with Jemima Kirke.