Posted in bdsm, book, dominance, domination, kink, submission, submissive on Oct 15th, 2009
“Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns” was not the first book I have ever read on BDSM. When I first started getting interested in BDSM, the internet was my guide, some of it useful, some of it ridiculous, everyone had an opinion. I then read “Different Loving” and “Sensuous Magic”, both excellent books relating [...]
Posted in STDs, abortion, abstinence, abuse, aids, book, books, sex, sexuality, teen on Sep 5th, 2009
Who doesn’t love Sue Johanson? I grew up listening to the grandmotherly sexpert talk about every sexual taboo imaginable on CBC Radio, and later tuned into late night TV to watch her Sunday Night Sex Show. Mostly, I tuned in to laugh, because she is quite a character and very funny. But, I always learned [...]
Posted in Tristan Taormino, book, books, polyamory, polygamy, relationships, tristantaormino on Jun 20th, 2009
“Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships” by Tristan Taormino is an enlightening and thought-provoking book that explores the diverse aspects of nonmonogamous relationships from solo polyamory, to partnered nonmonogamy, to triangles and groups. The book features a wealth of information from stats to brief histories of polyamory in the U.S., as [...]
Posted in book, books, sacred sex, sacred sexuality, sexuality, tantra on Apr 12th, 2009
Tantra for Erotic Empowerment: The Key to Enriching Your Sexual Life
by Mark A. Michaels (Author), Patricia Johnson (Author), Tristan Taormino (Foreword)
Tantra for Erotic Empowerment is an instructional book that focuses on the erotic possibilities of Tantric Sex, written by life partners Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson, a “devoted married couple who have been teaching [...]
The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage by Midori
Photography by Craig Morey
Publisher Greenery Press (2001)
175 pages, Softcover.
A few years ago (2005) I was lucky enough to take a bondage workshop with Midori: “Intro to Japanese and other Creative Rope Bondage Essentials” in Halifax at Venus Envy, one of the local sex shops. It was one of [...]
Posted in book, books, sacred sex, sacred sexuality, shopping, tantra on Feb 11th, 2009
“Sex is a potent method for directing and releasing magical energies. The sexual act unites the polarities that exist within us to create a strong of energy which can be used to transform consciousness.”–from Sex, Magick and Spirit
Sex, Magick and Spirit by Bonnie L. Johnson and Peter L. Schuerman (Llewellyn Publications 1998) is a practical [...]
Posted in book, pinkghetto, rachelkramerbussel on Jan 30th, 2009
“Best Sex Writing 2008” by Cleis Press, is compilation of twenty-one provocative personal essays, sex journalism, and sex blogging that all focus on that one “dirty” word: sex. In her introduction, Rachel writes: “Sex. One little word, so much drama. One little word, so many interpretations, definitions, permutations.” Sex may be the only thing that [...]
