When Monogamy Becomes Labour
From Ann Kingston's review of Against Love: A Polemic by Laura Kipnis:
In describing modern marriage, Kipnis, a professor of television, radio and film at Northwestern University, echoes the menacing deadness of the factory worker as described by Marx: "When monogamy becomes labour, when desire is organized contractually, with accounts kept and fidelity extracted like labour from employees. Is this really what we mean by a Good Relationship?"
