Prelude It wasn’t so long ago that I really devoured everything on the subject of kink and sexuality. This included the podcast ‘Why Are People Into That?!’, also known as ‘Ya(P)->T?!’. Once a week, producer and sex worker Tina Horn interviewed her respective colleagues from the BDSM scene. Each episode focussed on one topic relating…
Kategorie: The Readings
Vanilla Readings
Another hobby of mine are (audio) books, enjoy my intellectual diarrhoea on the heard or printed word (this list will be updated over time) Non-fiction book – Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould – Aristotle’s Ladder, Darwin’s Tree: The Evolution of Visual Metaphors for Biological Order by J. David…
I read “Come as you are” by Emily Nagoski and here is what I learned… (Part II)
Two weeks ago we had Part I, now here is part two! Chapter 3 – Like, wanting and learning During chapter two I got the impression that getting or being sexually aroused is based on a wibbly wobbly homeostasis of feelings and circumstances. Nagoski calls this: Context. It is not very likely that one is…
I read “Come As You Are” by Emily Nagoski and here is what I learned… (Part I)
… or with other words: Welcome to another butchered book review. What were you expecting? But trust me, it is well-invested time. What is Come As You Are about? The shortest version I can come up with would be: this book explains the science behind (good) sex. A more elaborate version would be: this book…
A bad copy of a book review: Hello, Cruel World […] by Kate Bornstein
Quick side note: Hello, Cruel World – 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks & other Outlaws deals with some heavy topics, if you don’t feel like reading about something like that today just skip this post…