Best Sex Writing 2013: The State of Today's Sexual Culture (28 page)

Rachel has written for
AVN, Bust,
Cleansheets.com,
Cosmo- politan, Curve,
The Daily Beast, TheFrisky.com,
Glamour
, Go- thamist, Huffington Post,
Inked
, Mediabistro,
Newsday, New York Post, New York Observer, Penthouse,
The Root, Salon,
San Fran- cisco Chronicle, Time Out New York
and
Zink,
among others. She has appeared on “The Gayle King Show,” “The Martha Stewart Show,” “The Berman and Berman Show,” NY1 and Showtime’s “Family Business.” She hosted the popular In the Flesh Erotic Reading Series (inthefleshreadingseries.com), featuring readers from Susie Bright to Zane, and speaks at conferences, does read- ings and teaches erotic writing workshops across the country. She blogs at lustylady.blogspot.com.

carol Queen
(carolqueen.com) has a PhD in sexology and a prior degree in sociology. She calls herself a
cultural sexologist
; while she addresses individual and couple’s sexual concerns, her overarching interest is in cultural issues (gender, shame, access to education, et cetera.). She is the author or editor of a dozen books, including Lambda Literary Award winner,
PoMoSexuals
(edited with Lawrence Schimel),
Exhibitionism for the Shy
and
Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture
. She is the co- founder and executive director of The Center for Sex & Culture, a nonprofit sex ed/arts center in San Francisco (sexandculture. org), is Staff Sexologist at Good Vibrations (goodvibes.com), and frequently speaks at colleges and universities about sexuality. She blogs at the Good Vibes Magazine and contributes to the Boston Dig. She lives in San Francisco with Robert, Dina, Teacup and Bracelet, two of whom are cats.

Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint the following essays: “Live Nude Models” by Jonathan Lethem was published in
Playboy
, August 2011 issue. “Can a Better Vibrator Inspire an Age of Great American Sex?” by Andy Isaacson was published in The Atlantic.com, May 14, 2012. “Sex by Numbers” by Rachel Swan was published in
East Bay Express
, November 30, 2011. “Very Legal: Sex and Love in Retirement” by Alex Morris was published in
New York
maga- zine, August 6, 2012 issue. “Notes from a Unicorn” by Seth Fischer was published February 24, 2012 at TheRumpus.net. “Rest Stop Confidential” by Conner Habib was published March 28, 2012 on Salon.com. “When on Fire Island… A Polyam- orous Disaster” by Nicholas Garnett was published as “Our Polyamory Disaster” January 19, 2012 on Salon.com. “Cherry Picking” by Julia Serano was published in
Trans/Love: Radical Sex, Love & Relationships Beyond the Gender Binary
edited by Morty Diamond (Manic D Press, 2011). “Baby Talk” by Rachel Kramer Bussel was published May 7, 2012 on Salon.com. “Sex by Any Other Name” by Insiya Ansari was published in
Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women
edited by Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi (Soft Skull Press, 2012). “Sub- missive: A Personal Manifesto” by Madison Young and “Enhancing Masochism” by Patrick Califia were published in
The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play and The Erotic Edge
by Tristan Taormino (Cleis Press, 2012). “Happy Hookers” by Melissa Gira Grant was published in Jacobin (http://jacobinmag.com/
), Summer 2012 issue. “Christian Conservatives vs. Sex: The Long War Over Reproductive Freedom” by Rob Boston was published in
Church & State Magazine
(May, 2012). “Porn Defends the Money Shot” by Dennis Romero was published in
LA Weekly,
September 29, 2011. “Lost Boys” by Kristin Hinman was published in
Riverfront Times
, November 2, 2011. “The Original Blonde” by Neil Gabler was published in
Playboy
, December 2011 issue.