Rule 34 is an internet theory that states: “If it exists, there is porn of it.” Second Skin, the writer Anastasiia Fedorova’s new book on kink and desire, suggests a modified version: if it exists, someone has a fetish for it.

I don’t know if you know this, but America is fraught. After years of learning systemic racism, a new government seeks to smooth things over by rewriting history and dismantling marginalized identities under the guise of dismantling “woke” laws that punish the white man. We—or half the country, rather—would rather lie to ourselves than grapple with thorny issues that might make us uncomfortable. America has never been racist, and if the history books tell you otherwise, please burn them.

Rosen’s seriousness can, of course, be a benefit; there’s no point in writing a book whose ideas you don’t wholly believe. But her theories often skew unrealistic, or, in the worst cases, like a Black Mirror episode.