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Jen Mann is the New York Times bestselling author of People I Want to Punch in the Throat, a humorous look at the things most of us are thinking but rarely have the courage to say out loud. She’s written a number of books in the PIWTPITT series, including a work version, a holidays version, and others. When she's not working on her own material, Jen is publishing the I Just Want to Pee Alone series of anthologies where she has so far featured over 140 female writers focused on finding the hilarity—and the truth—about parenthood, relationships, and the cult of female perfection.   Jen’s latest work, the sixth book in the I Just Want to Pee Alone Series, is called You Do You. Her contributors for You Do You range in age from 12 to 64 and the stories they share and the way they share them are nothing short of amazing. You Do You is a celebration of the females in all of our lives, and it’s for anyone—from middle school to middle age.   In our Midtopia interview, we take a dive into Jen’s background and what she

Infidelity is a topic that raises eyebrows, strikes fear in our hearts, and generates a buzz of moral superiority. One author spent a year investigating women’s experiences with affairs. The result is a glimpse into the dynamics of our most intimate relationships, and the ways women negotiate marriages that fall short of their expectations. Which is how we get to our question: For women, is cheating the new black? The answer to that might surprise you, and that’s exactly why we explored this topic in depth in our Midtopia: Real Women, Real Life webcast series.   The Secret Life of the Cheating Wife   Alicia Walker is an author, a researcher, and an assistant professor of sociology. Her work focuses on intimate sexual relationships and gender generally, and much of her work looks at infidelity specifically. She is the author of The Secret Life of the Cheating Wife: Power, Pragmatism, and Pleasure in Women's Infidelity. I met Alicia as the result of a chance encounter on Instagram, and my curiosity on this fasc