Our Ethical Slut Review: Love Muscles, Consent Fails & Cult Vibes

In this episode of Good Girls, we review the classic sex-positive bible The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy. We discuss what it was like reading this foundational (and delightfully cringy) book written by old hippie occasional lovers, and how their boomer perspectives on sluttiness, non-monogamy, consent, jealousy, and pleasure landed with us as monogamous women.We explore the book’s strengths, with its approachable, reclaiming energy and thoughtful exercises around intimacy and love muscles. But we have some critiques...the overly broad approach, casual attitude toward cheating, dated examples, and occasional culty historical shoutouts. Along the way, we share personal reflections on brunching with situationships, exercising our own love muscles in monogamy, and what we actually took away as vanilla listeners.Whether you’re curious about opening things up or just here for the hippie sex wisdom, we break down why this book remains influential even if it’s not our new lifestyle handbook.