Articles
Herron, Mary Jane and William G. Herron, "Meanings of Sadism and Masochism," Psychological Reports, 50, pp. 199-202, 1982.
Herron, Mary Jane, William G. Herron and Candace L. Schultz, "Sexual Dominance/Submission, Gender and Sex-Role Identification," Perceptual and Motor Skills, 56, pp. 931-937, 1983.
Lowry, T. P. and G. R. Williams, "Brachiopractic Eroticism," British Journal of Sexual Medicine, Vol. 8, January 1981.
Rubin, Gayle, "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality," in Carole S. Vance (ed.), Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. Spengler, Andreas, "Manifest Sadomasochism in Males: Results of an Empircal Study," Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 6, No. 6, 1977.
Weinberg, Thomas S., "Sadism and Masochism: Sociological Perspectives," Bulletin of the American Association of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. VI, No. 3, 1978. Weinberg, Thomas S. and Gerhard Falk, "The Social Organization of Sadism and Masochism," Deviant Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1:379-393, 1980.
Books . . . Fiction
Allison, Dorothy, Trash, Ithaca, New York: Firebrand Books, 1988. Short stories by one of our most talented and provocative authors.
Antoniou, Laura (ed.), Leatherwomen, New York: Masquerade Books, 1993. Short stories.
Antoniou, Laura (ed.), Leatherwomen II, New York: Masquerade Books, 1995. Short stories.
Califia, Pat, Doc and Fluff: The Distopian Tale of a Girl and Her Biker, Boston: Alyson Publications, 1990. A novel.
Califia, Pat (ed.), Doing It For Daddy: Short and Sexy Fiction About a Very Forbidden Fantasy, Boston: Alyson Publications, 1994. A pansexual anthology of daddy fantasies.
Califia, Pat, Macho Sluts, Boston: Alyson Publications, 1988. Short stories.
Califia, Pat, Melting Point, Boston, Alyson Publications, 1993. Short stories.
Oakgrove, Artemis, The Raging Peace, Dreams of Vengeance, and Throne of Council, Boston: Lace/Alyson Publications, 1984. A trilogy which interweaves a war among goddesses with the complex interactions among a group of leather dykes. Also the author of Nighthawk, a novel which features a gang of black butches and some very rough treatment of a white slave girl.
Réage, Pauline, Story of O, New York: Grove Press, 1965. This mostly heterosexual tale includes some sizzling lesbian scenes at Samois, the estate of a female dominatrix.
Roquelaure, A. N. (actually Anne Rice), The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, New York: E. P. Dutton Inc., 1983. A kinky version of the classic fairy tale, completed in two additional volumes, Beauty's Release and Beauty's Punishment.
Books - Non-Fiction
Anonymous, Miss
Abernathy's Concise Slave Training Manual, San Francsisco: Greenery Press, 1996.
Greenery Press is at 3739 Balboa Ave., #195, San Francisco, CA 94121, or by e-mail. Intelligent handling of a unique S/M
relationship. Write for price/ordering info.
Antoniou, Laura (ed.), Some Women, New York: Rhinoceros, 1995.
Baldwin, Guy, Ties That Bind: The SM/Leather/Fetish Erotic Style, Los Angeles:
Daedalus Publishing Company, 1993. Baldwin is a well-known psychotherapist and long-time
columnist in Drummer magazine. Commentary on the scene by one of
our elder statesmen.
Bannon, Race, Learning the Ropes: A Basic Guide to Safe and Fun S/M Lovemaking, Los
Angeles: Daedalus Publishing Company, 1992. Smart, approachable guide to the basics, with
an especially good section on negotiation.
Califia, Pat (ed.), The Lesbian S/M Safety Manual, Boston: Lace/Alyson Publications, 1988.
Califia, Pat, Sensuous Magic: A Guide for Adventurous Couples, New York: A Richard
Kasak Book, 1993.
Califia, Pat, Sapphistry: The Book of Lesbian Sexuality, Revised Edition, Naiad
Press, 1983.
Carter, Angela, The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography, Harper Colophon
Books, 1980.
Easton, Dossie, and Catherine
A. Liszt, The Bottoming Book or, How to Get Terrible Things Done to You
by Wonderful People, San Francisco: Greenery Press, 1995. Illustrated by Fish.
Greenery Press is at 3739 Balboa Ave., #195, San Francisco, CA 94121, or e-mail. Humorous and wise with great illustrations.
$11.95 plus $3 shipping and handling. Write for their complete list of titles.
Easton, Dossie and Catherine
A. Liszt, The Topping Book or, Getting Good at Being Bad, San
Francisco: Greenery Press, 1995. Illustrated by Fish. Greenery Press is at 3739 Balboa
Ave., #195, San Francisco, CA 94121, or e-mail.
Funny, witty, right-on little book. $11.95 plus $3 shipping and handling. SASE for their
complete list of titles.
Fisher, Pete, The Gay Mystique, Stein & Day, '70s (OP?).
Gagnon, John H., Human Sexualities, Scott, Foresman & Co., 1977.
Greene, Gerald and Caroline, S-M the Last Taboo: A Study of Sado-Masochism, Grove, 1974 (OP).
Herrman, Bert, Trust: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing, $12
plus $2 shipping and handling to Alamo Square Press, P. O. Box 14543, San Francisco, CA
94114. The only decent book in print about anal fisting.
Jacques, Trevor, with
Dr. Dale, Michael Hamilton, and Sniffer, On
the Safe Edge: A Manual for SM Play, Toronto: WholeSM Publishing,
1993. A good overview of safe, sane, and consensual S/M, with an extremely
detailed section on sexually-transmitted diseases.
Kunzle, David, Fashion and Fetishism: A Social History of the Corset, Tight-Lacing and Other
Forms of Body-Sculpture in the West, Rowman and Littlefield, 1982.
Mains, Geoff, Urban Aboriginals: A Celebration of Leathersexuality, Gay Sunshine
Press, 1984. An ethnography of the gay men's leather community. Mains finished this book
just as the AIDS epidemic was cranking up. If you'd like to know what it was like way back
then, this is a good place to start.
Miller, Philip and Molly
Devon, Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual
Sorcery of Sadomasochism, Fairfield, CT: Mystic Rose Books, 1995, $24.95. The
publisher is at P. O. Box 1036/SMS, Fairfield, CT 06432, (203) 338-8808. A good-humored
and smart description of the basics of S/M safety, written by a long-term male-dominant,
female-submissive couple who seem to be very much in love.
Morin, Jack, Anal Pleasure and Health: A Guide for Men and Women, second edition,
Burlingame, CA: Yes Press, 1981. An indispensable work for anyone who is curious about
anal sex but not sure how to go about making it a safe and pleasurable experience.
Moser, Charles, An Exploratory-Descriptive Study of a Self-Defined S/M (Sadomasochistic)
Sample, Doctoral Dissertation, unpublished, Institute for the Advanced Study of
Human Sexuality, 1979.
Queen, Carol, Exhibitionism for the Shy: Show Off, Dress Up and Talk Hot, San
Francisco: Down There Press, 1995. Although not strictly about S/M, this book presents
ways to begin exploring fantasies, voyeurism, exhibitionism, and alternate personas with
your partner. Very sex-positive.
Samois (eds.), Coming to Power: Writings and Graphics on Lesbian S/M, Second Edition,
Alyson Publications, 1982.
Sellers, Terence, The Correct Sadist: The Memoirs of Angel Stern, Vitriol Publications,
1983.
Scott, Gini Graham, Dominant Women, Submissive Men: An Exploration in Erotic Dominance and
Submission, Praeger, 1983.
Thompson, Mark (ed.), Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice, Boston:
Alyson Publications, 1991. A wonderful collection of work by the leather literati,
intelligentsia, and movers and shakers.
Weinberg, Thomas and G. W.
Levi Kamel (ed.), S and M: Studies in Sadomasochism, Prometheus
Books, 1983.
Books - "How-to"
Anonymous, Miss
Abernathy's Concise Slave Training Manual, San Francsisco: Greenery Press, 1996.
Greenery Press is at 3739 Balboa Ave., #195, San Francisco, CA 94121, or e-mail. Intelligent handling of a unique S/M
relationship. Write for price/ordering info.
Baldwin, Guy, Ties That Bind: The SM/Leather/Fetish Erotic Style, Los Angeles:
Daedalus Publishing Company, 1993. Baldwin is a well-known psychotherapist and long-time
columnist in Drummer magazine. Commentary on the scene by one of
our elder statesmen. Although this book is not, strictly speaking, a "how-to"
manual, I think Baldwin's examination of various issues pertinent to our sexual style is
an important ingredient in creating a "conceptual toolkit" which can help one to
move more comfortably within the community.
Bannon, Race, Learning the Ropes: A Basic Guide to Safe and Fun S/M Lovemaking, Los
Angeles: Daedalus Publishing Company, 1992. Smart, approachable guide to the basics, with
an especially good section on negotiation.
Califia, Pat (ed.), The Lesbian S/M Safety Manual, Boston: Lace/Alyson Publications, 1988.
Califia, Pat, Sensuous Magic: A Guide for Adventurous Couples, New York: A Richard
Kasak Book, 1993.
Califia, Pat, Sapphistry: The Book of Lesbian Sexuality, Revised Edition, Naiad
Press, 1983.
Easton, Dossie, and Catherine
A. Liszt, The Bottoming Book or, How to Get Terrible Things Done to You
by Wonderful People, San Francisco: Greenery Press, 1995. Illustrated by Fish.
Greenery Press is at 3739 Balboa Ave., #195, San Francisco, CA 94121, or e-mail. Humorous and wise with great illustrations.
$11.95 plus $3 shipping and handling. Write for their complete list of titles.
Easton, Dossie and Catherine
A. Liszt, The Topping Book or, Getting Good at Being Bad, San
Francisco: Greenery Press, 1995. Illustrated by Fish. Greenery Press is at 3739 Balboa
Ave., #195, San Francisco, CA 94121, or e-mail.
Funny, witty, right-on little book. $11.95 plus $3 shipping and handling. SASE for their
complete list of titles.
Henkin, William A., Ph.D., and
Sybil Holiday, CCSSE, Consensual Sadomasochism: How to Talk About It
& How to Do It Safely, $16.95, Daedalus Publishing Company, 584 Castro St., San
Francisco, CA 94114, 1996. Dr. Henkin is a therapist in private practice in San Francisco,
and Holiday is a long-time community member and educator. This is an approachable,
interesting, and thorough approach to the nuts and bolts of the scene.
Herrman, Bert, Trust: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing, $12
plus $2 shipping and handling to Alamo Square Press, P. O. Box 14543, San Francisco, CA
94114. The only decent book in print about anal fisting.
Jacques, Trevor, with Dr.
Dale, Michael Hamilton, and Sniffer, On the Safe Edge: A Manual for SM
Play, Toronto: WholeSM Publishing, 1993. A good overview of safe, sane, and
consensual S/M, with an extremely detailed section on sexually-transmitted diseases.
Miller, Philip and Molly
Devon, Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual
Sorcery of Sadomasochism, Fairfield, CT: Mystic Rose Books, 1995, $24.95. The
publisher is at P. O. Box 1036/SMS, Fairfield, CT 06432, (203) 338-8808. A good-humored
and smart description of the basics of S/M safety, written by a long-term male-dominant,
female-submissive couple who seem to be very much in love.
Morin, Jack, Anal Pleasure and Health: A Guide for Men and Women, second edition,
Burlingame, CA: Yes Press, 1981. An indispensable work for anyone who is curious about
anal sex but not sure how to go about making it a safe and pleasurable experience.
Moser, Charles, Ph.D., M.D.,
and J. J. Madeson, Bound to Be Free: The SM Experience, The
Continuum Publishing Company, 370 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10017-6503, (212) 953-5858,
$24.95 (hard cover), 1996. Dr. Moser and Madeson's book addresses the issue of motivation
and the psychology of S/M much more than how to perform physical techniques.
Thought-provoking work, important reading for beginners who ask themselves, "Why do I
want to do this?"
Queen, Carol, Exhibitionism for the Shy: Show Off, Dress Up and Talk Hot, San
Francisco: Down There Press, 1995. Although not strictly about S/M, this book presents
ways to begin exploring fantasies, voyeurism, exhibitionism, and alternate personas with
your partner. Very sex-positive.
Rinella, Jack, edited by
Joseph Bean, The Master's Manual; A Handbook of Erotic Dominance,
Los Angeles: Daedalus Publishing Co., 1994, $14.95. Rinella is a gay leatherman whose
perspective on the scene speaks to many, gay or straight or bi. A useful starting point
for conversations about S/M.
Periodicals
Bad
Attitude, P. O. Box 390110, Cambridge, MA 02139, $15 for 3 issues. Lesbian sex zine
with a lot of S/M. Free personal ads.
Black
Sheets, c/o The Black Book, P. O. Box 31155, San Francisco, CA 94131, (415)
431-0171. $20/four issues. Include a signed age statement and make checks payable to Black
Book. Edited by Bill Brent. Pansexual S/M community publication, excellent fiction and
articles.
Body Play,
Insight Books, P. O. Box 2575, Menlo Park, CA 94026-2575, (415) 234-0543. A journal about
body modification and modern primitives. Sample issue, $12. Four issues for $45. Edited by
Fakir Musafar. Each issue is a collector's item.
Boudoir
Noir, Box 5, Station F, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2L4, Canada. $12 for six issues,
appears bimonthly. Canada's leather/fetish/S&M community magazine.
Fat Girl,
2215R Market St., No. 193, San Francisco, CA 94114 or e-mail.
A zine for fat dykes and the women who want them. S/M content. $20 for four issues.
Kinky
People, Places & Things, DM International, P. O. Box 99770, Seattle, WA
98199-0770. Six issues $50. Some content, but mostly sex ads, heterosexual focus.
Leather
Journal, 7985 Santa Monica Blvd., No. 109-368, West Hollywood, CA 90046, (213)
656-5073. Call for prices. They publish a complete list of leather community organizations
in each two consecutive issues.
Prometheus,
a quarterly journal of The Eulenspiegel Society, P. O. Box 2783, New York, NY 10183-2783.
Quarterly. $20/year, plus statement you are over 21. A local magazine struggling to gain a
more national focus. Heterosexually oriented (with some exceptions).
Skin Two, Tim Woodward Publishing Ltd., BCM
Box 2071, London WC1N 3XX, England. Telephone: 0181 968 0234 or e-mail. This beautiful fetish fashion magazine
from Britain is high-quality and a visual feast.
Taste of
Latex, $10.95 for sample to DM International, P. O. Box 16188, Seattle, WA
98116-0188. Published three times a year. Pansexual magazine, glossy cover.
Note: Most of the above books and magazines are available by (discreet) mail order from QSM, whose catalog alone is well worth a look.
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