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Interview with Daniel Bergner, author of “The Other Side of Desire”
I was all set to dislike Daniel Bergner. As a member of the BDSM community and an advocate for greater societal acceptance of BDSM, I was unimpressed by the reviews of his new book, The Other Side of...
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Vote for your favorite BDSM fiction for a new Leather Archives & Museum exhibit!
Calling all READERS within the Leather / Kink / Fetish / S&M / B&D / BDSM community:I (Clarisse) have been asked to curate a pansexual BDSM books exhibit at the Leather Archives & Museum...
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Interview with Daniel Bergner, author of “The Other Side of Desire”
I was all set to dislike Daniel Bergner. As a member of the BDSM community and an advocate for greater societal acceptance of BDSM, I was unimpressed by the reviews of his new book, The Other Side of...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Individual Feminism/Intersectionality
This post is a discussion post for the online feminist book club started by frau sally benz of Jump Off The Bridge fame. It's open to anyone and you can commit as little or as much as you like,...
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Bodies and Souls: The Century Project
Frank Cordelle had an idea. He took nude photographs of women whose ages spanned over a century. The first picture is of the head of a baby girl crowning through her mother’s vagina. Not quite making...
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Masturbation As Meditation
When I was 18 or 19, at a time in my life when I had a lot of free time on my hands (not unlike now), I had the freedom to take really long showers. The shower in the apartment I lived in at the time...
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When “Feminist” Became a Bad Word
Back in September I wrote a post called When Did Being Called a Feminist Become an Insult? I didn’t really have an answer at the time, I mostly wrote about my personal musings on the questions, but...
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Two Definitions For The Price of One
If you’re a frequent reader, you may have noticed that a few weeks ago I wrote about a book I recently bought: The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom. I had transcribed their definition of orgasm and today,...
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The Ethical Slut
We recently got a copy of the new revised and updated edition of The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy to review, because...well, we're us. Although we were familiar with the book, none...
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The Little Coochi Snorcher That Could
I’m watching The Vagina Monologues on HBO right now. I’ve read the book, but I never saw it being performed. It’s a good show, I like how this particular adaptation has mini interview with Eve Ensler...
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5 sources of assumptions and stereotypes about S&M
Why do BDSMers often feel bad about being into S&M? Why do so many of us freak out once we discover our BDSM identity, or live in secret and repress our desires, or write only under false names, or...
View ArticleLiterary Quotation: Gay alcoholic heartbreak, breakup, and HIV
(Posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded Feminism)I’m going to start posting literary quotations that strike me. This one is from Augusten Burroughs’ sweet memoir, Dry. I post it for no...
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GLBT Promo Book Giveaway - July 2010
GLBT Promo Book Giveaway. For the rest of 2010, enter for a chance to win one new book every month. July 2010Sapphistocated(F/F)by Yeva Wiest, Alessia Brio, Beth Wylde and Jolie du Pre Prize courtesy...
View Article[litquote] Hot vanilla sex scene includes checking in
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismFor a sex writer, I’m surprisingly indifferent to sex scenes. Predictably, I’m quoting this one from Kate Furnivall’s novel...
View Article[litquote] How being good in bed is most of all about attentiveness
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismI would never deny that certain inborn qualities or skills can make sex a lot better. It’s true that size does, generally,...
View Article[advice] A 16-yr-old kinkster who wants “a sense of personal integrity”
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismWhen I received the following email, I was sitting in my mother’s living room. I read the letter aloud to Mom where she was...
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News Flash, Pay Attention: HIV Is About Sex
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismToday is World AIDS Day. I don’t think about HIV as much as I did a few months ago, when I was still in Africa and my job was...
View Article[litquote] Sex workers and whore stigma in southern Africa
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded FeminismI read a lot when I was in Africa. One of the most interesting books available was Catherine Campbell’s Letting Them Die....
View Article[litquote] S&M stereotypes, parenting, and community action
Originally posted at Clarisse Thorn: Pro-Sex Outreach, Open-Minded Feminism The following quotation is from an essay that doesn’t just tear apart some awful BDSM stereotypes, but also makes a great...
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