Tales from the Clit: A Female Experience of Pornography

By Cherie Martix

(eds) A Female Experience of Poenography

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1873176090
• ISBN13: 9781873176092
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: AK Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Defend free speech!

"Tales from the Clit" is a thought-provoking anthology of writings by pro-queer, sex-positive civil libertarian radical feminists on the politics of porn. In a time of censorship, sexual repression and anti-feminist backlash, this book is a welcome addition to feminist discourse on sexuality, women's liberation, free speech and self-determination.

Personal escapes from conformity

Sex is important to us all because sex is how we got here -- it's a fundamental drive. Puritans of every faith and political persuasion forbid depictions of this most precious and fun moment, and the short essays in this book lash out at those puritans. Each of the writers experienced an epiphany of freedom after reconciling their attraction to whatever kind of pornography snared their imaginations. Each continues to struggle against the forces of law, conformity, religion, and repression that waste our time with preposterous threats of social collapse and eternal damnation. Their discoveries, preferences, prescriptions, playthings, and proselytizing made excellent reading for me. In part, I found the essays moving because many of the writers experience the same sorts of ambivalence I've had toward porn. Additionally, the essays are intensely personal statements of individual sexual philosophy and history. "Tales from the Clit" is like a pile of letters from outrageous friends -- if you choose to be friendly with women who like porn.

Far more textured...

This book goes into the heads of various women involved in the pornography world, and explores their good, bad and ambivalent feelings towards porn. The women involved freely admit that some porn is degrading, while other porn is fantastic. And I agree with them.

Insightful, funny and over the top.

I beleive you have to have an open-mind to open this book. Clear your misconseptions of porn and open this book. Very chalenging

A little balance in a one-review world.

I loved this book. It provides fresh insight into the social aspects of pornography and its impact on society. Challenging.