Synopsis: Just like the title says, a guide to porn for
women, including picking, watching, taboos, and even a section on porn for
couples.
Our Review:
Even though we can't help but feel a little slighted
(what, no mention of Freddy and Eddy in the couples
section?), we nevertheless give this book by fave sex educator
Violet Blue
our unqualified recommendation. It's smart, fun, logical, and
packed with information EVERY female (or potential female) porn
watcher should know and understand before, during, and after
embarking on the consumption of adult video. The section for
couples at the end of the book is an added bonus that every male
should read.
The chapters are arranged
as follows:
1. What a Smart Girl
Wants - topics include "Women Get Turned on by Explicit Imagery, Period,
Why Does a Smart Girl Watch Porn? Our Fantasies are about Fucking, Not
Shopping, Use Your Own Fantasies to Find Good Porn."
2. Common Concerns about Content - topics include "Porn Can't Make
You DO Anything, How Do You Stack Up? It's Offensive, but It Turns Me On,
Does Porn Degrade Women? Fake Breasts Freak Me Out, I Don't Like Anal
Sex/Oral Sex/Lesbian Scenes, Facial Come Shots... The Men Only Come on the
Outside of the Women, and the Women Never Come at All, How Do They Do it
with Those Fingernails? The Genital Close-ups Are More Medical Than Sexual,
The Unsafe Sex Really Upsets Me, Questions of Age and Consent: Bangbus and
Paris Hilton, Who Are the Women in Porn?"
3. I Was a Porn Virgin - topics include "The Viewing Requirements:
Your Libido and Your Remote, Your First Shopping Trip, Keep Your
Experimentations in Check."
4. Why Porn Sucks - topics include "Porn Looks Like... Porn, Most
Porn Follows a Boring Formula, The Indie Porn Backlash, Where Are All the
Hot Guys? The Performers Look Like They're Going Through the Motions, Porn
Music Sucks, They Never Show S/M with Sex."
5. Find the Right Porn for You - topics include "Avoiding What You
Don't Like, What's on the Box, Accolades for Porn Films? The Name Says It
All, Online Reviews and Porn Communities."
6. Porn's Anatomy - topics include "Bisexual, Classics, Educational,
European, Features, Gay Male, All-Sex, No Plot: Wall to Wall, Gonzo, and
Pro-Am, Lesbian, Girl-Girl, and All Girl, S/M, Specialty."
7. Not Just for Geek Girls: Online Porn - topics include "How to Surf
Safely, Go Go Go, Pornzilla, The Evils that Porn Sites Do, Free Videos: Clip
Sites and Torrents, Video on Demand, Free Galleries, Erotic Photography,
Flickr, and Babelogs, Podcasts, Make Your Own Erotic Slideshow, Sex Blogs
and Porn RSS Link Fun."
8. Porn for Couples - topics include "How to Talk About Porn with a
Lover, Watching Together, Sex While You Watch, Porn Sex Games, Selecting a
DVD for Your Lover."
9. Porn Resources for Smart Girls
 Each of these chapters is
nicely compact, packing maximum information in a short a time as possible.
Violet's writing style is casual and a bit on the hip side, connecting with
the reader in a refreshingly UN-patronizing or condescending manner that
should surely appeal to the shyest of females, while reeling in the more
modern, urban crowd who share her enlightened sexual sensibilities. And
though we finished the entire book in just under two hours, we find
ourselves returning again and again for its surprising depth of useful
information.
In summation, we rank this
among the best works Violet Blue has produced to date and recommend it
highly. As an aside, Violet's website -
Tiny Nibbles - is
one of the web's best destinations and we suggest you visit now and often!
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this title?
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