Erotic attachments and cruel optimism: Sexual fantasy as affective impasse
Feminist Theory: An International Interdisciplinary Journal
Published online on April 08, 2026
Abstract
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Sex is routinely framed as a site of repair: with the right communication, technique or therapeutic work, intimacy will heal damage and secure coherence. This article asks what happens when that promise wears thin. Reading Berlant and Edelman'sSex, or ...
Sex is routinely framed as a site of repair: with the right communication, technique or therapeutic work, intimacy will heal damage and secure coherence. This article asks what happens when that promise wears thin. Reading Berlant and Edelman'sSex, or ...