If you follow Dr. Jen Gunter on Twitter, you know that she rarely takes prisoners in dealing with the forced birth cadre, those who sell overpriced and useless products aimed at women, and run-of-the-mill misogynists. Her tone is more measured … Continue reading
Now that I’ve got your attention, I want to talk about, well, sex. I’ve been thinking about sex a lot lately. On the positive side, I’m thinking about sex a lot because I’m getting some after a very long drought, … Continue reading
About Uses of Music in Uttermost Parts by Ursula K. Le Guin In the summer of 1985 my friend Elinor Armer and I were sitting around on ancient iron chaise-longues in the Napa Valley discussing how a composer and a … Continue reading
These are my class notes from LaunchPad Astronomy Workshop, 2011, Sex is such an interesting topic to so many people, and gets portrayed so often, I think the notes are worth repeating.The focus was on heterosexual activity, but some of … Continue reading
We’ve had several recent posts on erotica and its cousins. Jennifer Stevenson contributed “Writing Sex: Who’s Your Horny Reader?” and Deborah Ross wrote “The ‘S’ Word.” Both got me to thinking. Sex is an important part of life, so it … Continue reading
Last week, Jennifer Stevenson posted a great blog on erotica, pornography, and the reader audience (not to mention a few salient words on the difference in sales and hence revenue from women’s erotica versus men’s pornography). I had some interesting … Continue reading
by Jennifer Stevenson I frequently host a “road show” at science fiction conventions called “Smut & Nothing But” where half a dozen authors read aloud explicit sex scenes from science fiction, fantasy, romance, and erotica. There are only two rules: … Continue reading
A few interesting things came across my desk in the last couple of weeks. Unrelated things but interesting none the less. Recently a collection of hunter gatherer tribes in Africa were whole-genome sequenced. (See here.) Africa is the source of … Continue reading
We all know sex sells. Whether or not you like that fact is irrelevant. Because editors know sex sells, they appreciate writers who recognize the value of a marketing tool. Which has unfortunately led to an abundance of inappropriate sex … Continue reading
