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Excellent assortment of essays on a wide variety of topics.
Like all essay collections, this book is a mixed bag: Some of the pieces were insightful and informative, some fascinating, some (if you will excuse my French) fucking hot, others were a bit gross, shocking (I've had free access to the internet since I was 12, I didn't even know there were so many things about sexuality that could still shock me...) or a bit boring and others I skipped entirely because they either seemed irrelevant to me or I was worried they'd be bad for my mental health. All i...
A collection of weird articles that I'm sure Vice would love. Mostly interesting, partially alarming, some just flat out freaky. Still, I should pick this up again, it's been about a decade since I read it and I'm sure I'd only appreciate it more.
I reviewed this back in the porn days of yore. The essays are totally absorbing (and often hilarious), but what I appreciated most was the inclusion and non-freakification of an impressive array of sexuality-related interests, performances, jobs, beliefs, etc. One of the few books I reviewed that was worth keeping (unlike, say, the horrid "Tickle His Pickle," the reading of which was like leaving my eyes to soak overnight in idiot marinade).
The essays on sex and pregnancy/motherhood are pretty enlightening; should be read by all expecting mamas.
I have it on good authority that sex is not supposed to be boring. So why is this book so, SO boring? There were a few articles that were of interest, mostly the historical and ethnographic pieces. But do I care that Preston Peet was so strung out on H that he allowed a rich guy to give him a blowjob for more drug money? Not really; in fact, I think he was kind of a bonehead, and, for all the reflection he gave to the event (nil), I'm puzzled why it was included in the section on "Sex Work." It'...
With a few blatant exceptions, the articles in this book are fascinating, thought provoking, informative, and entertaining . The book would stand up to both browsing and cover to cover reading. I was a bit miffed in the lack of dialogue regarding celibacy and the shallow glib article about necrophilia which seemed to be included only so that the book could boast it had covered such an extreme idea. Yet for the most part I was intrigued, and annoyingly talkative, about this book for days.
For a book that purports to be an edgy look at the fringes of everyone's favorite topic I found it to be pretty tepid. It's a collection of articles about the more esoteric forms of sex (fisting, bestiality, fetishes, etc). If you want to be shocked you're probably better off reading Nin. On the other hand, this isn't a bad book. It actually seems fairly balanced (the necrophilia article is, thankfully, pretty down on the subject, while the anal fisting article is fairly upbeat). In the end, I t...
I like to think that I knew a lot about sex, but not according to this book.
Okay - but mostly excerpts from other works so nothing too original or groundbreaking, unless you wouldn't be exposed to these things otherwise. Surely includes some essays from the fringes of "acceptable" sexuality.
ooo, this books' got everything. For real, you think that sex book you're reading has it all? As opposed to every other ad, movie, book, picture, and anything else you ever wanted to help you out but never quite did the job...this book will blow your mind
found this in a 5 dollar bargain bin. Full of article length pieces i'll read and then think "man, i've gotta xerox this and send it to so-and-so."Lots of frank first hand accounts of sexual experiences: nuns, strippers, middle age and elderly women, and many statistics you won't find in Time magazine.My favorite articles:One on sexuality during and after pregnancy and one about male genital mutilation and how circumcision effects sexual performance for both the male and female partners.Some art...
An uneven but fun anthology of writing about sex. I enjoyed articles by my cinematic/literary idols and Facebook friends Tristan Taormino, Bill Brent, Susie Bright, Joani Blank, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Carol Queen, Lori Selke, Audacia Ray, Violet Blue, Greta Christina, Cecilia Tan, Simon Sheppard, Patrick Califia and Annalee Newitz. The one which pushed my envelope the most was the weirdly sweet "Profile of a Zoophile: Bill Brent Interviews Clive Grace." Skip around, have some fun, read your frien...
BEST. BOOK. EVAH!
Every essay is a goldmine of interesting ideas and viewpoints. I can't recommend this one enough for anyone who enjoys sex.
I've had enjoyed this more if one of my exes would return it but hell.
