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Emily Nagoski

Emily Nagoski is a sex educator and researcher whose work focuses on women’s sexuality, stress, and well-being. She wrote the New York Times bestseller Come as You Are and coauthored Burnout with Amelia Nagoski, helping popularize evidence-based discussions of desire, arousal, and the social dimensions of stress.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Emily Nagoski emerged from a Delaware upbringing that she shared closely with her twin sister, Amelia. At Brandywine High School, she later recalled, Jill Biden encouraged her to keep writing, an early affirmation that would matter long after her academic plans changed. At the University of Delaware, where she studied psychology with minors in cognitive science and philosophy, she became a peer health educator in 1995. She initially imagined a future in clinical neuropsychology, but teaching fellow students about sex, stress, and violence prevention became the decisive turning point: the work felt both intellectually serious and personally meaningful. She continued at Indiana University, earning an M.S. in counseling and then a Ph.D. in health behavior, with clinical and research training at the Kinsey Institute. ((https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2021/december/emily-amelia-nagoski/))

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Citations

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With every brave conversation we have, we make the world that little bit better
-The truth about unwanted arousal
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Confidence comes from knowing what is true, even if it’s not what you were taught should be true
-A sex educator shares her keys to a happy sex life
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You look into the eyes of your best friend, and you keep choosing to find your way back
-The secrets to sustaining a strong sexual connection over the long haul
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Everything you were taught about how sex is supposed to work in long-term relationships is wrong. All of it
-5 Questions With Emily Nagoski
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Pleasure is the thing!
-Depresh Mode Ep. 194
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The cure is all of us taking care of each other
-Depresh Mode Ep. 252
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The metaphorical version is feelings are tunnels, you have to go all the way through them to get to the light at the end
-Burnout and How to Complete the Stress Cycle

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Voix de la Communauté

"Emily Nagoski is a national treasure—helping us all understand how to finally build true, joyful, confident sex lives"

Glennon Doyle

"Emily and Amelia Nagoski deconstruct the stress we experience as women"

Peggy Orenstein

"Emily Nagoski, PhD, says “Pleasure Is the Measure” of a great sex life, and has the game-changing advice all of us need"

The Sunday Paper

"Emily Nagoski is worth her weight in TED Talks, and Come as You Are is a master-class in the science of sex"

Ian Kerner

"Sex scientist, researcher, and romance novelist Emily Nagoski sees humor as a way to understand and appreciate sex and our bodies"

On Being

"Let’s talk about sex — with our partners — says ‘sex nerd’ and author Emily Nagoski"

The Boston Globe

"Emily Nagoski has written one of the most important books about sex any woman (or anybody else) could ever pick up"

Carol Queen

"Sex educator Emily Nagoski is on an eight-part mission to inspire confidence and joy in Come As You Are"

The Guardian

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