#353 Meet the Trailblazing Pornographer (Formerly Butt Girl) - with Tristan Taormino

Fan girl moment! In this episode we interview one of our idles,
Tristan Taormino. We learn all about her life from her upbringing
to what lead her to become a trailblazing feminist pornographer and
why she's proudly known as Butt Girl. Tristan also shares advice
for folks who want to watch ethical porn, as well as how to
navigate shame around being turned on by rough or objectifying
imagery or fantasies. Get ready to laugh, learn, and listen to an
inspiring life story! About our guest: Tristan Taormino is a
writer, speaker, sex educator, and host of the podcast Sex Out
Loud. A former syndicated columnist for The Village Voice, she is
the author of numerous books, including Opening Up: A Guide to
Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships, Down and Dirty Sex
Secrets, The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, and her recent
memoir A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten. She is the founding
editor of the annual Best Lesbian Erotica anthologies, editor of
The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play, and the Erotic Edge,
and coeditor of The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing
Pleasure. Taormino has won four Lambda Literary Awards and eight
Feminist Porn Awards, among other awards. She lives in Los Angeles.
To learn more go to tristantaormino.com Join us for our live
Topless (and tapas) book reading in San Francisco on Wednesday,
November 15th! Tickets are limited to snag yours ASAP here
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