Sex! Sex! Sex!

[rachelmanija]

[Poll #1799574]

Final paper is looming terrifyingly on the horizon. I have limited time this week, and it is due Monday. I have widely varying knowledge on the topics I listed on the poll, but I would have to do substantial research for any of them. So if anyone has tips like, "This one slim volume is the single best resource on the soul-figure/asexuality/fisting which can be read in a short period of time," please go for it! (These are not all the possible topics. They're drawn from a much longer list, whittled down considerably by factors like lack of interest and the phrase "object relations," which in my very short experience so far tends to point to excessively eye-glazing articles.)

I got so frazzled last week that I misread the due date for the final paper for another class, and madly wrote and turned it in yesterday... a week early. I guess that turned out to be a good thing, all things considered.

Also, I have to register for classes tomorrow and am worried that I won't be able to get into the classes I am most dying to take, now that I know who the best professors are.

Given my current state of stress-driven absent-mindedness, I should probably mention now, since it randomly popped into my mind, that there is a new Sarah Tolerance book out! I have my own copy of The Sleeping Partner: A Sarah Tolerance Mystery, and am saving it for the winter break, when I will have more relaxed time to read. Also, Sherwood Smith's Blood Spirits (Coronets and Steel), sequel to Coronets and Steel, is out! I read it in manuscript, and it is excellent. Both series will satisfy all your "women who fight with swords amidst a background of history and intrigue" needs.

ETA: Okay, I'm doing fisting. I found the Pat Califia essay I had recalled. It's called "Gay Men, Lesbians, and Sex," and it's worth reading. On Google Books. If anyone has further good fisting resources, online or offline, keep them coming!

Comments

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Here's your go-to resource for fisting: A Hand In The Bush (http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Bush-Fine-Vaginal-Fisting/dp/1890159026/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322685741&sr=1-1).

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thank you!

[lferion]

Another book that looks useful is Trust: The Hand Book: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing (Link goes to Amazon, though I'm sure it could be gotten elsewhere.)

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

I'd recommend reading both. Bert Herman's book predates Deborah Addington's, and has quite a different focus. Disclaimer: I have minor professional ties with both authors under my Mistress Lorelei pen name. (http://mistressmanual.com/)

Also, you should check out this resource for (fundamentalist) Christians: Fisting and God's Will. (http://www.sexinchrist.com/fist.html) The author is right that fisting is a profoundly spiritual experience for both giver and receiver.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Wow! That is great, thank you!

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

I always thought the SexInChrist site was fairly likely to be a hoax, although the internet does not seem to provide a definitive answer....

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Heh, good title. Thanks for the rec; I've placed an order! (And grumbled in my LJ about a small usability roadblock.)

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Also, October 21 is International Fisting Day! (Link is surprisingly worksafe.)