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Tristan Taormino

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, and The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. 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.

American author, columnist and adult film director

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1971

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Opening up: a guide to creating and sustaining open relationships

by Tristan Taormino and Miguel Vagalume First published in 2007 — 8 editions
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Pucker up: a hands-on guide to ecstatic sex

by Tristan Taormino
First published in 2001 — 5 editions

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The ultimate guide to anal sex for women

by Tristan Taormino First published in 1998 — 5 editions
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The anal sex positions guide: the best positions for easy, exciting, mind-blowing pleasure

by Tristan Taormino First published in 2009 — 4 editions

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Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure

by Tristan Taormino, Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Constance Penley, and Mireille Miller-Young First published in 2013 — 4 editions

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The ultimate guide to kink: BDSM, role play, and the erotic edge

by Tristan Taormino First published in 2012 — 4 editions
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Hot Lesbian Erotica

by Tristan Taormino First published in 2005 — 3 editions

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50 shades of kink: an introduction to BDSM

by Tristan Taormino First published in 2012 — 3 editions
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Best of the best lesbian erotica

by Tristan Taormino First published in 2000 — 3 editions

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Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica

by Tristan Taormino, Dean Scarborough, Rachel Katie Zall, Rahne Alexander, Alicia E. Goranson, S. Bear Bergman, Ivan Coyote, Patrick Califia-Rice, Kiki DeLovely, and 11 others First published in 2011 — 3 editions

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Best Lesbian Bondage Erotica

by Tristan Taormino First published in 2007 — 3 editions

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When she was good: best lesbian erotica

by Tristan Taormino and Ali Liebegott First published in 2014 — 3 editions
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Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch Femme Erotica

by Tristan Taormino First published in 2010 — 3 editions

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Down and Dirty Sex Secrets: The New and Naughty Guide to Being Great in Bed

by Tristan Taormino and Madison Vaughn, Tristan Taormino, Bryce ... First published in 2003 — 3 editions

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Best lesbian erotica 2002

by Tristan Taormino First published in 2001 — 3 editions
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Best of best lesbian erotica 2

by Tristan Taormino First published in 2005 — 3 editions
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Best Lesbian Erotica 1996

by Tristan Taormino and Heather Lewis First published in 1996 — 2 editions
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Best Lesbian Erotica 2003

by Tristan Taormino and Cheryl Clarke First published in 2002 — 2 editions
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Best Lesbian Erotica 2009

by Tristan Taormino First published in 2008 — 2 editions

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Best Lesbian Erotica 2004

by Michelle Tea and Tristan Taormino First published in 2003 — 2 editions

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American author, columnist and adult film director

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1971

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OLID: OL395915A
GoodReads: 13893
ISNI: 0000000109500229
IMDb: nm1070417
Library of Congress Names: n96006351
LibraryThing: taorminotristan
Storygraph: a78d14fa-db90-4b68-98da-168f8bf9f4a8
VIAF: 4190989
Wikidata: Q430900
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Tristan Taormino