of catgirls and sex book recommendations

by Violet Blue on August 3, 2008


Image by Viljar Sepp.

I wanted to buy my friend’s daughter a doll for her birthday. On Amazon, I found this incredible Barbie catgirl unintentional (?) dominatrix doll — which I kind of want for myself. But then I’d have to get the snow princess Barbie catgirl domme doll, but not the Hollywood hooker catgirl Barbie. Sometimes I love Amazon. But I really wish Barbie made Rosie the Riveter, or kick-ass rocket scientist Barbies.

Speaking of Amazon, I’ve had a few recent emails asking me where my fabulous, hand-picked, personally reviewed sex book recommendation pages went. They’re still around, but I found the ease and practicality of creating and maintaining my own Amazon aStore even better. I can add or update a sex book in minutes. When I review a new book/item, I just plug the number in and categorize it, and it’s all in one spot, everything hosted on Amazon (this makes the Squid servers all into smiley-shaped tentacles). When I find stuff that’s not on Amazon, or I want to encourage purchases from individuals rather than businesses (always) I give it a plug here. That said, I add things I love (both new and old) to this page on a weekly basis, at the very least. There’s a permanent link in my left-hand sidebar. And I’d like to point out a few recently added gems:

* Miami Purity — called by the NYT “an erotic noir masterpiece” — well, okay, NYT, whatevs. But it’s back in print, in paperback even, and this indie review says it all: dirty sex, powerful female protagonist, pulp noir. Fun.

* Roy Stuart, Vol. 5 — his hot-off-the-presses incredibly hot photo book is fantastic, as is all of Stuart‘s work.

* Rough Caress (Eternal Press non-Amazon purchase only) — extremely explicit ebook (.pdf) that is a collection of BDSM tales of all sorts. It looks entertaining and I like Lisabet Sarai‘s classic pulp-porn writing; this review of the book is a little over-wordy, but shoes you why it’s on my list.

* Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships (Cleis Press) — sex-positive, all gender and orientation, but most of all, practical. Can’t recommend it enough.

* Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage — sensitive, first-person, non-fiction journey of a woman into creating an open marriage.

* Spanked: Red Cheeked Erotica (Cleis Press) — a collection of great explicit spanking stories, I loved it.

* Painted Doll: An Erotist’s Tale — a futurist’s noir fiction novel, explicit and enjoyable.

* The Transgender Child (Cleis Press) — I mentioned it in a previous post, but it’s truly groundbreaking enough to mention over and over.

Violet Blue

The London Times named Violet Blue "One of the 40 bloggers who really count" and Self Magazine named TinyNibbles one of the “Best Sex Resources for Women.” Blue is an autodidact and pundit on sex and technology, hacking and security, porn for women, privacy and bleeding-edge tech culture. She is a journalist for ZDNet, CBS News, CNET; she's an educator, speaker, crisis counselor, volunteer NGO trainer, and the author and editor of over 40 award-winning books.

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1 Jocelyn August 4, 2008 at 6:31 pm

Must have the mini Rocky Horror couch with the dominatrix Barbie! *grabby hands*

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