SOCIAL SCIENCES

Best Sex Writing 2012

The State of Today's Sexual Culture
by Susie Bright
Best Sex Writing 2012: The State of Today's Sexual Culture. Cleis Pr. 2012. 242p. ed. by Rachel Kramer Bussel & Susie Bright. ISBN 9781573447591. pap. $15.95. PSYCH
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Aiming to collect the best writing about sex published during 2011, sex columnist and editor Bussel and author and performer Bright (Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir) cull these articles from a variety of print and online sources including Playboy, Reason, Salon, the Village Voice, and others. Featuring writers such as Greta Christina (editor, "Best Erotic Comics" series) and Marty Klein (Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want from Sex and How To Get It) and covering issues such as the criminalization of circumcision of minors, dating and STDs, politics and sex, child porn and statutory rape, religious belief and sex, and homosexuality in the military, this book highlights not only the diversity of sexual issues prevalent in the public discourse but likewise the importance of all things sexual to human culture.
VERDICT Readers interested in sexuality and its role in politics and culture will find something of interest in this eclectic volume. A great opportunity to discover new voices, new sources, and new information on the subject of sex.
Reviewed by Scott Vieira , Apr 15, 2012
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