5 Quotes & Sayings By Tristan Taormino

Tristan Taormino is the award-winning author of more than thirty books including her critically acclaimed “The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women” and “The Ultimate Guide to Vibrators.” She is a columnist for "The Village Voice," and has contributed to "Cosmopolitan," "The New Yorker," and "Salon," and she writes the column “Ask Dr. S” for "The New York Observer." Taormino was named one of the "New Faces of Erotica" by "Penthouse" in 2005, one of the “Top 100 People” who will shape sex in the 21st century by "Esquire" in 1998, and one of the “Top 50 Most Influential People in Sex” by "Premiere" in 2000. She is a board member of Sexpression, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering people through education about sex.

Sex-positive feminism embraces the entire range of human sexuality and...
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Sex-positive feminism embraces the entire range of human sexuality and is based on the idea that sexual freedom is an essential component of women's freedom. - Madison Young Tristan Taormino
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You are the evil scientist of your desires. - Ignacio Rivera Tristan Taormino
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Fear triggers the fight-or-flight response, fueled by adrenaline, which, as it turns out, is chemically related to amphetamines. Granted, it's a very different kind of high for mindfuckers: not a mellow, floaty "my vulva is one with the universe" high but a jittery, revved-up "oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck" kind of high. Endorphins are like great downers but adrenaline is uppers all the way. And it's just as addictive. Don't believe me? Go ask anyone who likes to jump off bridges or out of airplanes. - Edge . Tristan Taormino
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That's what's so ironic about the conservative backlash against BDSMers. With increased visibility comes increased bigotry, and conservatives continue to rally against kinky events by local groups to get them shut down. What the anti-kink fanatics don't understand about us is that we're geeks. Sex nerds. SM intellectuals. We pay money to spend a weekend going to classes. Tristan Taormino