Info on navigating lesbian partnership + stimulation from Sapphistry: The Book of Lesbian Sexuality by Patrick Califia (1980)

Consensual Non-Fiction is a podcast aimed a removing barriers to queer literary history through the form of podcasting itself. How often do we find ourselves without the free time, money, or focus to pick up and read a book that may have the power to change our lives or perspective surrounding our identities, sexualities and more? Enter C.N-F., something you can put in your ears and experience queer literary history through while you fold laundry, ride the bus, or fall into a deep dream-filled slumber brimming with images of a future you are building one word at a time with your host, Maggie Stevens .

This month's (August 2026) episode focuses on getting to know your body and how to give it solo pleasure, addressing the fact that many people have never even once taken the time to stand over a mirror and consider their genitalia! This week’s music is from the CFUV Basement Session featuring Dead Soft (Apr. 13th, 2018)

Continuing our reading of Sapphistry: The Book of Lesbian Sexuality (1980)! A book reccommended to your host by her co-host after Midge They/Them spotted it in a book store on the Gulf Islands. A first of its kind book that communicates with themes of lesbianism without judgement and with the words of those in community. A book for all queers. Follow us @prism_wellness_avi for episode updates on Instagram, or our Substack: https://consensualnonfiction.substack.com/ (where you can listen ahead!)

Moving beyond our fantasies of last episode, we step into lesbian experiences! A runaway hit on our Substack that we are overjoyed to have hitting the airwaves! Kisses, darlings!

The introduction, foreword, and beginning of Sapphistry: The Book of Lesbian Sexuality by Patrick Califia (1980) This week’s music is from the CFUV Basement Session featuring The Golden Age of Wrestling and Future Star (May 6th, 2022)

Here we begin our reading of Sapphistry: The Book of Lesbian Sexuality (1980)! A book reccommended to your host by her co-host after Midge They/Them spotted it in a book store on the Gulf Islands. A first of its kind book that communicates with themes of lesbianism without judgement and with the words of those in community. A book for all queers. Follow us @prism_wellness_avi for episode updates on Instagram, or our Substack: https://consensualnonfiction.substack.com/ (where you can listen ahead!)