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Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex (edition 2000)

by Pat Califia (Author)

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'Always intelligent but never academic, Califia takes bold unpopular stances on censorship and sexual freedom... No aspect of sex is too forbidden or too undignified to merit Califia's critical attention...' Publisher's Weekly (starred review). Second edition, released in 2008, features new writing on the necessity of excess, child porn and the age of consent and when sex is a job.… (more)
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Title:Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex
Authors:Pat Califia (Author)
Info:Cleis Press (2000), Edition: 2nd, 250 pages
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anti porn movement
  ritaer | Jun 14, 2021 |
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. ( )
1 vote 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 |
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