Tales from 2040 #002: How Lady Gaga Fought Crime, AIDS, and Abortion Rates

From the back cover:

The sixties are over.
Fifty years ago, a rare decade ushered in radical social change that ended an era of repression and redefined the way we think about sex. However, all that free love has come at a cost. Among developed nations, the United States has the highest rates of HIV and teen pregnancy. Even as the rest of the world has lowered AIDS and abortion rates, America has remained unchanged.
The next sexual revolution is overdue. Who will lead it?

In the 1960s, we had a revolution of sexual freedom. In this short story from a brighter future, Lady Gaga sets off a new revolution of sexual responsibility in the 2010s.

Just like in the Sixties, it starts in the youngest generation of Americans and spreads worldwide, largely through music. As a result, we change how we teach sex education and learn that small changes in our behavior lead to major advances against some of society’s toughest problems.

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Early reviews of the Tales from 2040 series:

“...so incredibly realistic, you’ll forget it’s fiction.”

— Pre-pub reviewer marshalt

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