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In the far future, a woman is selected to undergo a Great Becoming. As she is forced to choose what she will become, she realizes that someone people do not have to choose at all.
After a frustrating date—upset by the way even sex between women is shaped by patriarchal forces—a lesbian in NYC has sex with a male friend from college, determined to prioritize her pleasure over her learned instinct to satisfy the interests and egos of men.
A man fantasizes about courting his friend's wife, despite being married himself, with increasing desire.
A man who is trying to find his place in the world tries his hand at multiple professions but ultimately settles with painting. Though he has talent as a painter, he leaves his patrons unsatisfied, taking wild artistic liberties he takes with commissions—a lesson which his two closest friends will come to learn when he paints a portrait of one of them.
A young woman struggling with body dysmorphia attempts to identify who she is in the face of unexpected interest from a young man.
A man who unknowingly talks to himself wonders why a woman who is satisfied with her marriage is having an affair with him.
A man in pursuit of gold comes to learn how an obsession with wealth can tear away all your meaningful connections.
As she walks alongside the Hudson River with her friend, a woman excitedly explains her intricate vision of what would give her happiness.
After kicking her husband out and changing the locks, a mother imagines he is still living with her, distant and uninterested in sex. Lying in bed, she conjures up old memories and imagines new ones, grappling with questions of selfhood, identity, womanhood, and motherhood. One night, her real husband returns, and she lets him back in.
In New York, a young woman befriends her quirky roommate, who is trying to make it as an actor. While she watches her roommate attempt to accomplish her dreams, the woman reflects on her own life’s direction and what possibilities (or lack of) lie ahead.