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Latham δοκίμασε για πρώτη φορά «τη γνωριμία με τη ζάχαρη» το 2015 σημαίνει ότι η σκηνή έχει φτάσει σε σημείο κορεσμού. «Έχω ακούσει ότι υπάρχουν 25 γυναίκες για κάθε άντρα» λέει. «Όταν υπάρχουν περισσότερες προσφορές, υπάρχει μεγαλύτερος ανταγωνισμός και άνθρωποι που προσπαθούν να σε παζαρέψουν στις τιμές, λέγοντας: «Η προηγούμενη κοπέλα μου έκανε αυτό», κάτι που δεν μπορείς να επαληθεύσεις. Το τελευταίο μου ραντεβού ήταν με έναν άντρα που προσπαθούσε να ζητήσει στοματικό σεξ τύπου try-before-you-buy στο πίσω μέρος του αυτοκινήτου του».

Latham είναι μια καλλιτέχνις με έδρα το Λονδίνο, της οποίας τα καλλιτεχνικά βίντεο παρουσιάζονται σε διάφορα ευρωπαϊκά φεστιβάλ. Στην προσωπική της ζωή, ερωτεύεται πάντα «άφραγκους μαρξιστές» όπως η ίδια λέει. Lara: I am bisexual, and my mom is a lesbian, and I work with a lot of queer writers. And that’s a conversation that we often have—if you talk about this thing in your past, people are going say, that’s why you’re lesbian, and then you don’t want to feed into people’s stereotypes. I think that the people that have a very different story probably don’t have the time of day to be able to sit down and write and publish, because they’re too busy working, working, working, and then doing all the emotional labor that comes with it.I wasn’t planning to publish this book. I was going to let it sit in a box forever. But I happened upon Guts Publishing and I felt aligned with their books. They make space for conflicted topics like sex and bodies in a way I saw as refreshingly honest.

Lara: I don’t know, I feel like the ending had, agency or self-acceptance like, ‘This is who I am. I’m going with this. This is fine.’ I didn’t see it as obliteration. The biggest platform of this sort says: “Sugar-Babies aren’t paid. They’re given gifts. If you want to be paid for your time, get a job.” There’s something eerily infantilising about this concept of gifting. Seeing men as “providers” and women as prizes is good old-fashioned objectification. Dressing up partners like pets with all the trappings of success but none of the means to fabricate it for themselves isn’t empowerment. I never wanted to be pampered. To me, the cash perks were a supplementary income stream. Considering the recent spike in sign-ups, I’m sure others think similarly. In an absolute act of submission this playful, hilarious, candid book dares to lay things bare for our entertainment. Highly recommended.”— Susanna Kleeman, author of TwiceMaybe it’s old fashioned, but I still feel like women have this otherness. You’re not just an artist you’re a female artist. I think you have something in there about agency, like when you are truest to yourself, when you are in your power, when you are saying, This is my desire and I’m going to follow it. That’s the thing that to me later, I’m like, oh, my God, what have I done. I still worry it’s going to ruin my life if everyone finds out but I’m glad to be part of opening up this discussion.”