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  <title><![CDATA[Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture]]></title>
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  <default_description>When she was a kid, Carol Queen was called &quot;Queen the Queer.&quot; &quot;Queer&quot; was still very much an insult at the time, not the term of power and pride it has recently become. Similarly, sex was called a bad thing, a nasty thing, even for, perhaps especially for, good girl feminists. Like other sex-positive folks of her generation, Carol Queen is re-evaluating the range and possibilities of sexual experience and identity. This book gathers previously published essays on topics ranging from pelvic exams, pornography law, the men's movement, sex as art, Madonna, and sacred whoredom. Queen is an intelligent, funny writer.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1997</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Carol Queen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jun 09 09:11:24 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have such contradictory feelings about this book. Queen is definitely an engaging writer, and I agree that more sex-positivity would be a good thing for American culture, and it was certainly entertaining hearing about all of her exploits. But her views just seemed so simplistic: sex solves everyt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1737783">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 18 12:15:25 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Oct 18 12:00:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is an eye opener for the sexually clueless! (BTW, that may or may not be a HUGE understatement)]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74931467]]></url>
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    <review id="66576847">
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    <name><![CDATA[Robin]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 07 14:57:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 28 07:32:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[No matter what your sexual proclivities, Carol Queen probably describes something you never thought of. This book pushed my boundaries. It made me reconsider my own assumptions about sex and the ways that I have espoused sex-negative messages from the dominant culture. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66576847]]></url>
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    <review id="5087705">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sheryl]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Aug 25 04:01:48 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 29 09:06:39 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved this book and I don't seem to have my copy anymore!<br/>It's a memoir of sorts of my favorite sex positive crusader, Carol Queen. She talks about her bumpy journey through various sexual identities, mirroring my own so closely sometimes that it makes me jump!<br/>Very entertaining, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5087705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16159397">
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    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Feb 23 06:38:30 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fascinating read.  I have been passing it amongst friends since I finished it.  A great reminder that our culture in the US restricts sexual freedom and that there is no such thing as &quot;normal&quot; in the world of sexuality.<br/>Highly recommended.  ;-)]]></body>
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    <review id="5133369">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tobi]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An array of essays written by Carol Queen.  Includes experience in the sex industry, queer theory, and comes up with a name for the sexual compulsion of conservatives who get off by condemning queers.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5133369]]></url>
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    <review id="1549812">
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    <name><![CDATA[Katherine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Atlanta, GA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed May 30 14:27:40 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 30 14:30:10 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i appreciate her liberal attitude towards sex and her comfort with her body and sexuality.  but she goes a bit far at times, even accepting beastiality as normal.  call me old-fashioned...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1549812]]></url>
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    <review id="6739310">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Colfax, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reminded me of books I used to read for psych/sociology classes in college. Not quite what I expected but I enjoyed her view of the world. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 10 10:17:31 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 10 10:20:08 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i like it because i know how 2 eat a gril out and make a gril happy]]></body>
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    <review id="32528843">
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 10 10:10:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 10 10:12:59 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[it was educheional cuzz i know more thing and i know how 2 eat a gril out]]></body>
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    <review id="13580710">
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    <name><![CDATA[Emily]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rochester, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 25 19:28:14 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 27 19:56:34 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My new hero is Wen Jing Feng. I can't wait to read more Carol Queen.     ]]></body>
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    <review id="1951874">
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 14 01:57:44 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 20 03:02:17 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ilana read this. So it MUST be good. heh.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1951874]]></url>
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    <review id="1446759">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jaina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri May 25 14:57:49 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 25 14:58:25 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I need to finish reading this actually...]]></body>
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    <review id="7158654">
    <user id="415656">
    <name><![CDATA[Deb]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 02 13:21:48 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 01 14:40:50 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A woman after my own heart.]]></body>
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    <review id="3253438">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jess]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This woman is my hero. ]]></body>
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