Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink: Educational, Sensual, and Entertaining Essays [Paperback]

Midori (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2005

Tired of standing on the sexual sidelines? Wonder what it's like to be a real kink adventurer? Let world famous Midori lead you into the thick of it. This new collection of smoldering wisdom and and frank essays explores the Wild Side of Sex, including these burning subjects: * Is Your Prospect a Proper Pervert’ * Fetishism: Sex, Romance, and Ritual * The Heart of Erotic Humiliation * Finding the Power Femme This delightfully twisted new volume entertains and titillates as well as educates, an erotic personal adventure exposing Midori's most helpful and empowering secrets.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Midori is an educator and writer on s/m, fetish and human sexuality. She has traveled the world presenting to universities, the s/m community, media and the greater society, and lives in San Francisco.

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I love sex. I love to do it. I love to look at it. I love to talk about it. I love to think about it and I love to write about it. I’ve been writing about sex for so long now that, honestly, I had forgotten about how I got started until I started editing this book and tried to remember where it all began. But here’s the story... I was in my mid 20’s. At that time, I wasn’t enmeshed with any of the organized kink communities, but I was an eager visitor to many sectors of the San Francisco sexual underground. San Francisco Sex Information, a free sexual information hotline and resource center, had given me some of the most innovative and thorough human sexuality education available ‘ at 60 + hours of education, I had been exposed to 30 times more sex educator training then most newly minted physicians. This training and my desire to make something of that knowledge landed me a job with a very large sex toy mailorder company. As one of my work duties I started writing pithy little sex advice columns in the intracompany filled with product info and merchandise sales tips for the sales people. They weren’t meant for the general public, but intended as little throwaway pieces for a tiny, closedlist group. Little did I know that fifteen years later, I’d be traveling the world teaching classes in adventurous sex, and writing about the many things I’ve learned... and about my own personal journeys as well.book you’ll find a collection of my writings from 1997 to 2005. These writings include my thoughts on sex, observations about kinky people, my personal erotic delights, sweet confessions, illuminations of my darker moments and bits of fun and useful advice that I’ve given my friends. Many of the essays were written for kink magazines, smut publications and people who come to my seminars, so the language is very sexual. Sometimes I use language or vernacular common to a specific community. In putting this book together I’ve tried my best to make minimal changes to the original text, but I have inserted explanations of some terms and updated information. For a few pieces I fleshed out thoughts that were not fully developed at the time of their original writing. Revisiting my old essays was quite entertaining.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Daedalus Publishing Company (August 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881943224
• ISBN-13: 978-1881943228
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A sensual reading for a wonderful time, July 9, 2005

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Patricia (Plymouth MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink: Educational, Sensual, and Entertaining Essays (Paperback)

I had looked forward for this book to come out for some time now and I was not disappointed. It's hot, steamy, sensual, erotic and sexy plus it made me think.
It has great detailed information written in an easy to understand and enjoyable language, which turns me on while reading it. And many question that have come to my mind over the years, she answered them in her delightful way.
It is something for the beginner in the Kink world, the curious and the advanced; there is something in it for about everyone, even if you are just interested in steaming up your love life.
Midori is powerful and sensual in her writings and I would highly recommend this book.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Intelligent Discussions of Erotica and Fetishes, March 9, 2006

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Vashti (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink: Educational, Sensual, and Entertaining Essays (Paperback)

If you are intelligent, sensual, and yes, even spiritual, this is a wonderful collection of essays by a thoughtful, wise, self-actualized woman. I am merely a voyeur to the world of BDSM, but her descriptions of fetish worship, empowerment of women, treatment of others, sexual freedom all spoke to me, and were applicable in other avenues of my life. I highly recommend this book to all explorers, whether their explorations are conducted from the safety of a large, overstuffed armchair in front of a fireplace, or from the tethered confines of rope or the metal clasp of handcuffs... It feeds your mind, your imagination, your soul, and is also educational. Midori is a treasure.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great information and sexy., September 27, 2005

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Annie Sprinkle - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink: Educational, Sensual, and Entertaining Essays (Paperback)

Midori is a fantastic teacher of the arts of love and sexuality. I love her style. This book is not a how to, but lots of great sex education comes through. Loved it.
Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. Artist/Sexologist