E.H.’s review of The Joy of Gay Sex > Likes and Comments
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I read this book in its first edition and apparently the bestiality has been scrubbed from my brain! I will say in the book's defense that at a time when lesbian* culture wasn't particularly pro-sex, it offered me an alternative view that I urgently needed. (And lesbian-with-an-asterisk bc that was the only identity I thought was available to me mid-1970s, so imagine my relief when "pan" turned up.)
ancientreader wrote: "I read this book in its first edition and apparently the bestiality has been scrubbed from my brain! I will say in the book's defense that at a time when lesbian* culture wasn't particularly pro-se..."
I do really appreciate the sex-positive aspects of it! There are still not enough books that are willing to say that type of thing, especially in a context of "also you need to be safe." The rest of it was historically interesting. (Also in this version they say "you can put up a website with naked pictures of yourself if you want!" and I shouted "Nooooo." People's relationship with technology in 2003 was something else.
E.H. wrote: "ancientreader wrote: "I read this book in its first edition and apparently the bestiality has been scrubbed from my brain! I will say in the book's defense that at a time when lesbian* culture wasn..."
I once got in a social media fight with someone who *insisted* that there was no significant life blowback from posting images of one's sex life online. She was 100% clear that the only reason I favored caution was that I am Old and Did Not Understand the Ways of Youth; her naivete astonishes me even more in retrospect.
ancientreader wrote: once got in a social media fight with someone who *insisted* that there was no significant life blowback from posting images of one's sex life online. She was 100% clear that the only reason I favored caution was that I am Old and Did Not Understand the Ways of Youth; her naivete astonishes me even more in retrospect."
The face I'm making.
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Jun 22, 2026 09:52AM
I read this book in its first edition and apparently the bestiality has been scrubbed from my brain! I will say in the book's defense that at a time when lesbian* culture wasn't particularly pro-sex, it offered me an alternative view that I urgently needed. (And lesbian-with-an-asterisk bc that was the only identity I thought was available to me mid-1970s, so imagine my relief when "pan" turned up.)
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ancientreader wrote: "I read this book in its first edition and apparently the bestiality has been scrubbed from my brain! I will say in the book's defense that at a time when lesbian* culture wasn't particularly pro-se..."I do really appreciate the sex-positive aspects of it! There are still not enough books that are willing to say that type of thing, especially in a context of "also you need to be safe." The rest of it was historically interesting. (Also in this version they say "you can put up a website with naked pictures of yourself if you want!" and I shouted "Nooooo." People's relationship with technology in 2003 was something else.
E.H. wrote: "ancientreader wrote: "I read this book in its first edition and apparently the bestiality has been scrubbed from my brain! I will say in the book's defense that at a time when lesbian* culture wasn..."I once got in a social media fight with someone who *insisted* that there was no significant life blowback from posting images of one's sex life online. She was 100% clear that the only reason I favored caution was that I am Old and Did Not Understand the Ways of Youth; her naivete astonishes me even more in retrospect.
ancientreader wrote: once got in a social media fight with someone who *insisted* that there was no significant life blowback from posting images of one's sex life online. She was 100% clear that the only reason I favored caution was that I am Old and Did Not Understand the Ways of Youth; her naivete astonishes me even more in retrospect."The face I'm making.