Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0939416891 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Voltairine Michel said While I don't agree with Califia on everything, we. While I don't agree with Califia on everything, we agreed just enough for the essays I disagreed with the get my gears turning quite a bit on many things. I gave it While I don't agree with Califia on everything, we Voltairine Michel While I don't agree with Califia on everything, we agreed just enough for the essays I disagreed with the get my gears turning quite a bit on many things. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because the anthology has a few essays that are so repetitive.. stars instead of 5 because the anthology has a few essays that are so repetitive.. Joan Mazza said Bold and articulate. My first reading of Pat Califia's work was in PoMoSexuals, a collection of essays where she was one of the contributors. Her writing was so eloquent and coherent that I sought out her books. In this collection of her essays, Califia challenges the muddled thinking and hyperbole . "Public Sex: political, sexual, intelligent thought" according to A Customer. at one point in Public Sex, Pat Califia says that "you can still be a sex radical even if you prefer to get off in the missionary position and still believe there are only two genders." it's an important thing to remember. in this collection of essays, Califia explores -- over a
A collection of essays about the author's views on censorship, sexual freedom, sex clubs, pornography, and kinky sex of all kinds.
Among the beacons of sex radicalism--alongside Susie Bright, Carol Queen, Kate Bornstein, and very few others--Pat Califia has been writing angry, sex-positive essays and politically charged erotica since the late 1970s. The bulk of her many nonfiction pieces is collected in this reprint of a book first published in 1994, providing a lively, informal history of the sex wars of the '80s and '90s--from the absurd, puritanical Meese Commission Report to the antiporn feminists to the unexamined attitudes behind the popular Re/Search book Modern Primitives. Her peevish reflections on the stupidity and political shortsightedness of anti-S/M feminists and lesbians are a joy to read; you can hear the swish of her whip and the stamp of her boot heel. With its excellent introduction, this book should be on the shelf of every feminist, ev