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Loading... Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sexby Patrick Califia-Rice
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Who says sex doesn't make you think? These essays about sex and how it relates to pornography, eroticism, perversions, and prostitution do. A point of view rarely heard, from a "sex radical". A defense of consensual enjoyment. (  )andersonden | Dec 7, 2008 |   This is a collection of essays; I read some but not all of them. I tore through all the essays about Califia's experiences with kinky sex, but left aside some of the early ones about AIDS education and prostitution, as well as some of the ones about teenage/child sexuality. The BDSM essays were killer, though, many of the describing really well what's so fascinating about kink. Recommended. (  )ovistine | Nov 9, 2008 | The title is pretty explanatory; the book is a collection of essays about radical sex. What makes a person a sex radical. Califia touches a lot of subjects that are likely to offend people (support of NAMBLA (North American Man-Boy Love Association) being the first one that pops into my mind) but the reasoning is always well-thought-out and clearly explained. I think it's good mental exercise to hear articulate arguments defending positions we don't necessarily agree with. (  )doloreshaze55 | Oct 11, 2007 | 0.047 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0939416891, Paperback)For nearly two decades, Pat Califia has been "fuming and fussing" about censorship and the rights of perverts in America. Whether she's writing about lesbian relationships, S/M and "leather sex," sex between lesbians and gay men, eroticizing latex and safe sex, role-playing and genderbending, sex with youth, prostitution, or sex in public, Califia's essays-clear, consistent, provocative and eminently reasonable- set the standard for writing about sex. Public Sex collects the very best of Califia's work, providing both a chronicle of the sex radical movement in this country as well as the definitive positions of America's most consistent and trenchant sexual critic.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:54 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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