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Abandoned by their Dutch partner after giving up their home and their job to follow him to the Netherlands, Seasonal finds themself single in a strange place for the first time in a decade. Dipping into the rabbit hole of digital eroticism, Seasonal meets László, a male sub who volleys back their cerebral sexts and is seeking a dominant guide. Seasonal senses they can fulfill his desires, but to do this means crossing the frightening gap between their own desires and capacities. Seasonal and László embark on an experiment in remaking intimacy outside the Republic of Gender. But as it continues, the two realise they are staging separate confrontations with domination: Seasonal finds they must confront what it has meant to be raised as woman in Australia, while László stages his own confrontation with his decision to leave Viktor Orbán’s Hungary. A feminist paean to perversity in the tradition of Pauline Réage’s Story of O and Anaïs Nin’s Delta of Venus, Anna Poletti’s hello, world? dares to fully inhabit female power and to face the violence, beauty, and uncharted territories of human sexuality.
“The delight in this book is not just in how closely observed and felt its themes are, but how closely thought as well.” —McKenzie Wark
“…a stunning and radical book.” —Chris Kraus
