Letters to the Editor
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I liked it...
I liked the article and I thought is was rather more profound than most readers seem to give it credit for.
I especially liked this phrase:
Plus, bringing him back to my bed made me feel like a prostitute whereas going to his place made me feel like a call girl... because somehow it gets to the essence of the ambiguity of so many sexual situations.
The idea of sex with a stranger (Erica Jong's "zipless fuck") appeals in the fantasies of the mind, but as soon as you get into an intimate situation with someone, then they are no longer a stranger and the fantasy evaporates--as happened with the Italian rapper.
I guess part of the reason I like this writing is that it coincides with my own experience. I have had many one night stands, but some of them have turned into long-lasting relationships, and even lifelong nonsexual friendships, because you can't have sex with someone without coming into close proximity with them, and you can't come into close proximity without getting to know the person attached to the body, sharing soap, towel, and coffee, and making the baby steps that lead to a real relationship (in some cases). In fact I tend to perceive every one night stand I have ever had as a type of failed courtship that did not get off the ground.
At least that is my experience, and this is the author's too, so I think this is good writing.
Of couse good writing needs good readers, and in that respect Ms. Crosley may have more of a problem.