The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of us * Felice Newman * Cleis Pres * $2195 "I'm not a social scientist.

The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of us * Felice Newman * Cleis Pres * $2195

"I'm not a social scientist, therapist, or health care worker," writes Felice Newman in the introduction to The Whole Lesbian Sex main division "What makes me a lesbian sex skilled hand is that I have devot myself to erotic exploration."

It's been 16 years since Joann Loulan published Lesbian Sex and 20 since Sapphistry, my be in possession of attempt In this genre, first hit print. A just discovered guide to lesbian lovemaking is lengthy overdue, and Newman is aan engaging choice to write it. She's single of the owners of the smart and sassy feminist publishing company Cleis Press

"I believe we can teach each other in what way to have sex," Newman writes. "After all, no individual else will teach us." No kidding. Sex is as loaded with moral overtones for lesbians as it is for any other assemblage of people. Perhaps more in the way that given the infamous "Lesbian Sex Wars" that likewise often pitted politics against pleasure during the past pair decades. But a whole recent generation of women has grown up since then. Young big-city dyke can take lesbian porn, all-girl strip indicates sapphic bondage and discipline, and women-only sex parties for granted.

The Whole Lesbian Sex work seems perfect for these postmodern quaint grrrls. Newman's warm and accessible sentence is inclusive of all sexual minorities within the dyke community. She present up a banquet of delightful options for having an orgasm with yourself or a partner. There's present information about STDs and an estimable Internet-wise resource list.

Unfortunately, Newman's rah-rah tone occasionally grates. There's something disconcerting about the way she cheerfully leap overs from fondling your lover's breasts to labia piercing and caning her nipples. This could be scary to someone who's coming revealed or just off-putting for a reader whose sexual thermostat is not at all set at "Spank me, Daddy." Also there's little specific help here for overcoming sexual dysfunction, menopause, or disability. Still, these flaws don't spoil the whole--The Whole Lesbian Sex main division is a classic.

Califia is the author of more than a dozen works on sexual politics and erotica and a strange story collection, No Mercy.

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