Feminist Erotica

Jera reviews The Pearl by Tiffany Reisz and offers thoughts on the conundrum of pleasure reads that challenge our values. Trigger warning: Discussion of coercive sex. This review can be found in written form here: https://rebelliousmagazine.com/pleasure-reads-that-challenge-our-values/

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Resolutions, but make 'em sexy! The Feminist Erotica crew are talking through some sexy resolutions for 2021 - Princess hopes to get her sexy back, Jera wants to take time for more queer pizza, and Karen gets affirmed that reading more smut is a very valid goal (it brought us all together, didn't it?). Plus shady appearances by Hyacinth the Cat and Winnie the Giant Husky. Don't forget to join us for our January Lit Lap and our Evil Valentine's Day special, Wreck, Please!

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This episode may get a little bloody, 'cause we're talking vampires with Raven Belasco! After Raven joined us for the Halloween episode, we knew we'd have to bring her back. Princess and Karen got date ready to ask hard-hitting questions like, what does vampire self-care look like? There was so much goodness in this convo that we couldn't fit it all in. Raven Belasco is the author of the Blood & Ancient Scrolls Series (be sure to check out Blood Ex Libris and Blood Sine Qua Non!), and if you want to hear Raven ready a sexy scene, hop over and listen to the Halloween Happy Hour!

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Listen to writers read from their short stories found in the new anthology, Best Women's Erotica of the Year Volume 6, and get their takes on how erotica can be a part of one's self-care practices.

Santa left a special gift for you under the Christmas tree - a sexy snippet read by Sinclair Sexsmith! Listen as Sinclair reads from their story, 'Whatever I Want, Whatever I Say.' This story is also printed in Best Lesbian Erotica Vol. 5, out now! Be sure to check out Sinclair's website, sugarbutch.net. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Feminist Erotica!

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A. Andrews is a disabled cartoonist from Minneapolis, Minnesota and the creator of A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability from Limerence Press. Join A. and Princess as they talk about their process in creating the guide, removing the stigma for disabled people to talk about their bodies and the larger movement for disability justice.

Resources in this episode: A. Andrews’ new graphic novel A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability from Limerence Press; Princess’ review of the guide over at Rebellious Magazine for Women; other must-have books like Disability Visibility: First Person Stories From the 21st Century Edited by Alice Wong; and Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.

Follow Feminist Erotica on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and email us with questions/comments/concerns at [email protected]. Wanna join our book club Lit Lap? Read our January pick with us here. This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.

You asked for them, and today our episode features Sinclair Sexsmith! Jera, Princess and Karen hosted the butch erotica writer on a lively Facebook Live where they talked about writing to be a better dom and how Sinclair's writing has transformed their idea of consent. Plus, we announce our next pick for Lit Lap, our bi-monthly book club! Be sure to stay tuned: there's much more of Sinclair coming (heh) in later episodes.

For even more Sinclair, check out their website sugarbutch.net and follow them on Twitter at @MrSexsmith (help them hit 10k followers!). Follow Feminist Erotica on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and email us at [email protected]. 

We chose Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetry for our November book club selection. Following the book club, Karen, Princess, and Jera interviewed two of the contributors: Juba Kalamka and Tracy Quan. Listen to this interview about the diverse representation of sex workers in poetry and Juba and Tracy's amazing histories of advocacy, performance, and more.

Writer and editor Jayne Renault is the "Smut Queen" behind Bellesa.co's curated erotica library. Lauren Emily's work can be found on Bellesa and elsewhere. Jera spoke to Jayne and Lauren about how erotica gives readers and writers alike permission to explore new things and identify with new aspects of yourself.  All three also related to becoming more authentic versions of themselves through pen names and online personas. Check out Jayne and Lauren's queer, sexy stories at Bellesa.co — a feminist adult platform.

If you missed our live streamed Halloween Happy Hour, listen in for live readings from authors A.M. Proctor, Raven Belasco, and comedian and writer David Britton. We've got submissive sex demons, vampires, and kinky gay wizards. You'll also hear all about our spookiest crushes, the origins to some of our darkest kinks. Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving us a review!