Can Everyone Please Calm Down? A Guide to 21st Century Sexuality

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Can Everyone Please Calm Down? A Guide to 21st Century Sexuality
Author Mae Martin
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHuman sexuality
GenreNon-fiction
PublishedMay 2019 [1]
PublisherHachette Children's
Publication placeUnited Kingdom

Can Everyone Please Calm Down? A Guide to 21st Century Sexuality is a 2019 young adult literature and debut book [1] written by comedian Mae Martin. [2] [3]

Contents

Overview

Author Mae Martin's insights into 21st century sexuality and their own, sometimes humiliating, adventures in courtship, sex and identity.

Origins

In a 2019 BBC interview Martin explains, ""I wanted to write a book that I would have found helpful when I was 14 and approach the subject of sexuality, which these days can seem so fraught and serious and weighed down in debate, with humour and a lighter touch."" [2]

In the same interview Martin described human sexuality as fluid and a spectrum, using examples of Classical Chinese and Roman civilization as well as celebrities such as musician Miley Cyrus and actor Marlon Brando that rejected definition of their sexuality. [2]

Media

The BBC said, "With her characteristically jaunty and self-depreciating style, Martin uses a blend of personal anecdotes, embarrassing teen stories and social commentary to show young people it's OK to be attracted to whoever they want." [2]

In a 2022 GQ magazine article Martin stated what she would change in retrospect in the 2019 published book, Martin said a big change would be the delclaration of being non-binary, evolved feelings toward their own gender since writing Can Everyone Please Calm Down? and not using a high school crush's full name since it may have freaked her out. [3]

DIVA magzine wrote, "With a string of acclaimed stand-up hours under her belt, a Radio 4 series, non-fiction book Can Everyone Please Calm Down? A Guide To 21st Century Sexuality and now her very own sitcom, it really feels like Mae’s time to shine." [4]

References

  1. 1 2 White, Peter (March 27, 2019). "Rising Canadian Comedian Mae Martin Scores Scripted Comedy 'Mae & George' For Netflix & E4". Deadline Hollywood .
  2. 1 2 3 4 Thomas, Rebecca (May 23, 2019). "Mae Martin: The comedian who doesn't want to label love". BBC.
  3. 1 2 Lin, Jeremy Atherton (2022-06-06). "The formation of Mae Martin". GQ . Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  4. ↑ Bourdillon, Roxy (August 2020). "SCREEN: Feeling good with Mae Martin". DIVA .


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