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72nd out of 210 books
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135 voters
Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica
by
Tristan Taormino (Goodreads Author) ,
Kiki DeLovely (Goodreads Author)
In mainstream media, the erotic identities, sex lives, and fantasies of transgender and genderqueer people are often oversimplified, sensationalized, or invisible. Take Me There is an erotica collection unlike any other that celebrates the pleasure, heat, and diversity of transgender and genderqueer sexualities. The power of seeing and being seen is a central theme in the...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
October 4th 2011
by Cleis Press
(first published October 1st 2011)
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Collection of short stories with trans and genderqueer characters. Some amazing stories and some I refused to finish.
Reviewed as I read...
So far I'm not overly impressed with this anthology because the stories are definitely more porn than story. Yes, I should've realized that when read the word "erotica" in the title, but I was hoping it'd lean more toward erotic romance - you know, with actual stories involved - and not simply smut for the sake of smut with a gender twist....more
Collection of short stories with trans and genderqueer characters. Some amazing stories and some I refused to finish.
Reviewed as I read...
So far I'm not overly impressed with this anthology because the stories are definitely more porn than story. Yes, I should've realized that when read the word "erotica" in the title, but I was hoping it'd lean more toward erotic romance - you know, with actual stories involved - and not simply smut for the sake of smut with a gender twist....more
This anthology is hands down the most deliciously sexy compilation of erotica shorts that I have ever read, and I admit to having read a lot of smut. Not a single one of the characters in these stories are cardboard cutouts or stereotypes. From characters who have been sure of their sexual identity and orientation from a very young age (though not necessarily born with the typically associated bits) to characters whose gender is as fluid and changing as the seasons, to those who just don't fit i...more
Tristan Taormino, former editor of the annual Best Lesbian Erotica series, has always preferred the kind of erotica that features unconventional gender roles, toys and BDSM to “sweet romance.” There have been a few anthologies of transgender erotica before now, but they are still very rare compared to the steady deluge of erotica for gay men, lesbians and bisexuals.
Through her experience as a sex educator, an editor and the partner of a transman, Tristan Taormino has access to a large “genderqu...more
Through her experience as a sex educator, an editor and the partner of a transman, Tristan Taormino has access to a large “genderqu...more
So… I read this book right after suffering through "50 Shades of Grey" so some of my enthusiasm may be in response to that, but the stories in this anthology were amazing! I realized that trying to list out my favorites was a pointless task when the list became essentially the table of contents.
There is a staggering variety of people of all different genders doing extraordinarily erotic things to each other. Gender is not a crisis: some of the characters are nervous but there is no agonizing ov...more
There is a staggering variety of people of all different genders doing extraordinarily erotic things to each other. Gender is not a crisis: some of the characters are nervous but there is no agonizing ov...more
In the introduction, Tristan Taormino talks about how transgender or genderqueer people have always been either sensationalized or ignored — they’re either treated like freaks or just don’t exist. For the majority of people, the concept of gender dysphoria is an uncomfortable one. Our language is sadly lacking in ways to express all of the nuances involved in describing the fluidity of gender respectfully and with understanding.
The authors who contributed to this book have managed to find the ri...more
The authors who contributed to this book have managed to find the ri...more
I really wish we could do half stars, because I really want to give this anthology 3.5.
First, I am extremely thrilled that an anthology like this exists and I was thrilled to be able to get a hold of it.
I have never read a in the erotica genre (gay, straight or any other fashion thereof), and I was a bit apprehensive at first because I imagined the type of stories you find in cheap paperbacks with men with long hair and open shirts on the covers holding women in ripped bodices. I was very surp...more
First, I am extremely thrilled that an anthology like this exists and I was thrilled to be able to get a hold of it.
I have never read a in the erotica genre (gay, straight or any other fashion thereof), and I was a bit apprehensive at first because I imagined the type of stories you find in cheap paperbacks with men with long hair and open shirts on the covers holding women in ripped bodices. I was very surp...more
I really wanted to like this a lot more. I ordered a library copy of it in hopes that it would impress me, get me and my lovers off, and earn a place on my "owned" bookshelf. Granted, I didn't get through every story in the collection, but of the eight or so that I did read, I felt merely drawn in to about half of them, and never as aroused as I'd like to be from reading good erotica.
From the beginning, I had mixed feelings about a cis woman editing an anthology of trans and genderqueer narrativ...more
From the beginning, I had mixed feelings about a cis woman editing an anthology of trans and genderqueer narrativ...more
If you’re a regular reader/visitor, you’ll know I don’t normally interject a lot of hyperbole into my reviews. Generally, I try to keep them well-grounded and professional, with just enough personality to add a little colour and (hopefully) make them a more interesting read. With that in mind, I beg your indulgence for just a moment, as I try to sum up Tristan Taormino’s Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica in a few words:
Absolutely amazing. Beautifully breathtaking. Compellingly creativ...more
Absolutely amazing. Beautifully breathtaking. Compellingly creativ...more
I have waited my entire life for a quality book of erotica focused on trans people (well, trans women really, but you can't ask for the world... yet), and even beyond the fact that I'm in it (*ahem*), this is the book of my dreams. Tobi Hill-Meyer, Gina de Vries, Julia Serano, Alicia Goranson, Toni Amato, Kate Bornstein... this book is basically "all the trans writers I admire and adore write really hot pornography."
This is again the Manual that Tristan brings into existence for a certain kind of Sexual orientation, this time it's about Transsexual and Gender queer person, these kind of people feel lucky that Tristan thinks about them, well in fact sexuality is not a sin and difference is not a crime so to judge.
I was really enjoying this book, until I came to Dixie Belle By Kate Bornstein.Why a white woman thinks it's her place to protest the removal of a slur from a book is beyond me (actually it isn't). But the repeated use of the n-word in a story that supposed to be erotic makes it anything but. (Let me tell you nothing makes my bits colder) It honestly soured the whole book for me after that. I'm bothered both by the fact that Kate would do that and that Tristan Taormino would allow that. I had en...more
Eye-opening, something rare...I've only found a taste in other stories of the twists and turns gender and kink can take. Within this book is a veritible feast.
Feb 24, 2012
Cam Combs
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great book, will definitely read it again, highly recommended
Apr 26, 2013
Saini
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One of the first times I've ever seen myself in a piece of writing.
There are so many varieties of people in these stories that I think most readers, genderqueer or not, will find at least one story that works for them.
(My full review can be found on Glorified Love Letters.)
(My full review can be found on Glorified Love Letters.)
Apr 05, 2012
Liza
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
anthology,
contemporary,
femme,
femme-butch,
feminist,
fiction,
lgbt,
north-american,
poc,
queer,
women,
genderqueer
Some of it was crap, but lots of it was AWESOME, and I really appreciate that so much brilliant genderqueer erotica exists. More like this, please!
Decently sexy, although the majority of the stories were too short.
Jun 18, 2013
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Tristan Taormino is an award-winning writer, sex educator, speaker, filmmaker, and radio host. She is the editor of 25 anthologies and author of seven books, including her latest, The Feminist Porn Book, 50 Shades of Kink: An Introduction to BDSM, The Secrets of Great G-Spot Orgasms and Female Ejaculation, The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play and the Erotic Edge and Take Me There: Trans and...more
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