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Comics for Choice Contributor: Sarah Mirk!

Sarah Mirk (@sexfromscratch) is a multi-media journalist who covers politics, gender, and sexuality. She's the host of Bitch Media's feminism and pop culture podcast Popaganda, a contributing editor at comics journalism site The Nib, and an avid comics fan.

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#Repost from #SexFromScratch author @sarahmirk! ・・・ My brother sent me this screenshot of @vanessabayer reading my book on #Portlandia. 😲😲😲 Thanks to whoever on the crew hooked this up! What a cute surprise. #sexfromscratch http://ift.tt/2fqjSKE

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At some point you tune out the criticism and the judgement. You tell yourself that you live true to your own values and ideals and you know it's going to be harder.

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My friend just sent me this photo from Dog Eared Books in the Mission! Good company.

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Such a good time at the Sex from Scratch book release at Powell's last night. Thanks to everyone who came out—when the whole crowd sang me happy birthday, I almost cried. 

Photos by Brighthouse Films and portrait by Erika Moen!

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Really, really nice review of my book from Eleanor J. Bader on Truthout: "There are no one-size-fits-all remedies here, and no sure-fire recipes for snagging - or for that matter finding - the companions of our dreams. This makes the book realistic, smart and helpful.  Its wisdom will be of great benefit to teenagers and young adults who are trying to figure out dating, sexual attraction and, well, sexuality itself. Of course, conservatives and the religious right will go ballistic if schools hand out copies, but if educators really want an informed student body, they will confront the backlash and make Sex from Scratch an integral part of the sex ed curriculum. "   

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Portland people! This is happening. The night of the book release is also my birthday, so you have to come. 

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Hey New York people! I'm hosting a fun party with great writers and excellent music and tasty snacks and you're invited. Come snag a copy of Sex from Scratch and listen to tunes from Julia Weldon. 

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My book is now printed and real! Friends helped me haul boxes home from the publisher yesterday—my favorite parts are the adorable illustrations by Natalie Nourigat and the solid-gold text designs by Molly Schaeffer. Oh, and the words are pretty good too. 

Sex from Scratch changed a lot while I was writing it. Here's the final table of contents and explanation of the project: 

Modern life calls for modern relationship advice. Sex From Scratch: Making Your Own Relationship Rules is a love and dating guidebook that gleans real-life knowledge from smart people in a variety of nontraditional relationships. Instead of telling people how to snag a man and find “true love,” the book sums up what dozens of diverse folks have learned the hard way over time—life advice from people making open relationships work to people who’ve decided they’re never going to have kids—that is helpful to anyone, in any type of relationship. This is an essential, fun, insightful resource whose time has come. 

Release party at Powells City of Books in Portland on August 25th! You can preorder the book here and it'll show up on your doorstep soon. 

THANKS SO MUCH to the dozens of friends and strangers who helped me research and write this book over the past two years. You all are wonderful and we've made a book that will be helpful to a lot of people.