Picky: Love in the Age of Disappointment

By Chanté Joseph

"It'll happen when you least expect." "You need to love yourself first." "You're too picky." Single women are exhausted by the same endless advice. But what if it's not you, it's them? And what's so wrong with being "picky" anyway?

In a viral piece for British Vogue, Chant Joseph dared to ask the internet, "Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?" and opened up a conversation about the state of relationships today. Now, she brings her singular, whip-smart style to an investigation of the forces that complicate love yet conspire to blame women for their singlehood. Moving between her own misadventures in love and feminist and political theory, Joseph deconstructs cultural myths about romance and unpacks the sinister ways society responds to women's singledom, including pronatalist agendas, the manosphere, and femcel culture. Now more than ever, Joseph passionately argues that being picky is a form of power--a declaration that you won't compromise on the life you want.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324135174
• ISBN13: 9781324135173
• Release Date: June 2027
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages