This page is a work-in-progress and is always being updated with resources, articles, and content that may be helpful if you’re looking to learn more about a topic related to sexuality, relationships, or mental health. The uncovering never ends, which I’m learning is a good thing.
Works I love and have learned from
Books & more on Sexuality, Behavior, Anatomy, and Sex Education
Come as You Are | By: Emily Nagoski, Ph.D
Psychology of Sex | By: Meg John-Barker
Ace What Sexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex | By: Angela Chen
Boys and Sex | By: Peggy Oreinstein
Modern Sexuality: Uncovering the Truth About Sex and Relationships | By: Michael Aaron
She Comes First, The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman | By: Ian Kerner, Ph.D
Getting Off | By: Erica Garza
…more to come
Books & more on Sex Work & Sex Policy
Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights |
By: Molly Smith and Juno Mac
Death to Wh*rephobia A Guide to Sex Worker Affirming Care | By: Christina Tesoro, LMSW
Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy | Edited by: Jiz Lee
Thriving in Sex Work | By: Lola Davina
Sex Work Matters, Exploring money, power and intimacy in the sex industry | Edited by: Melissa Hope Ditmore, Antonia Levy, and Alys Wilmman
We Too Essays on Sex Work and Survival | Edited by Natalie West with Tina Horn
Sex Work, Writings By Women in the Sex Industry | Edited by Frédérique Delacoste & Priscilla Alexander
The Service | By: Frankie Miren
Books & more on Relationships and Intimacy
Mating In Captivity Unlocking Erotic Intelligence | By: Esther Perel
The State of Affairs Rethinking Infidelity | By: Esther Perel
Attached. The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - And Keep - Love | By: Amir Levine, M.D., and Rachel S.F. Heller, M.A.
Sexographies | By: Gabriela Wiener
Sex at Dawn | By: Christopher Ryan
In the Dream House | By: Carmen Maria Machado
Polyamory
Opening Up | By: Tristan Taormino
Love’s Not Color Blind | By: Kevin Patterson
Polysecure | By: Jessica Fern
8 Things I Wish I’d Known About Polyamory Before I Tried and Frakked It Up | By: Minx
Wide Open | By: Gracie X
Open | Jenny Block
The Chalice and the Blade | By: Riane Eisler
Linked A Polyamory Zine | By: DaemonumX
Additional books & more that I love and learn from
Pleasure Activism | By: Adrienne Marie Brown
Hood Feminism Notes from the women a movement forgot | By: Mikki Kendall
The Collected Schizophrenias | By: Esme Wang
Detransition, Baby | By: Torrey Peters
Somebody’s Daughter | By: Ashley C. Ford
Heavy, An American Memoir | By: Kiese Laymon
How to Live With the Internet and Not Let it Ruin Your Life | By: Gabrielle Alexa Noel
…more to come