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Sto caricando le informazioni... Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasuredi Lynn Comella
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In the 1970s a group of pioneering feminist entrepreneurs launched a movement that ultimately changed the way sex was talked about, had, and enjoyed. Boldly reimagining who sex shops were for and the kinds of spaces they could be, these entrepreneurs opened sex-toy stores like Eve’s Garden, Good Vibrations, and Babeland not just as commercial enterprises, but to provide educational and community resources as well. In Vibrator Nation Lynn Comella tells the fascinating history of how these stores raised sexual consciousness, redefined the adult industry, and changed women's lives. Comella describes a world where sex-positive retailers double as social activists, where products are framed as tools of liberation, and where consumers are willing to pay for the promise of better living—one conversation, vibrator, and orgasm at a time. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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This ethnographic study of feminist sex shops is full of inspiring stories from the innovative retailers who ventured outside their comfort zones to empower women's sexuality (a.k..a. sell vibrators). Sometimes the author veers into sex positivity cheerleading (which, by the way, I appreciated), but mostly she provides a balanced, dispassionate document of the tensions and challenges that face the women who run these businesses.
The book explores the dilemma of feminism coupled with capitalism: do sex stores commodify pleasure (and is that a bad thing)? What I found most fascinating was the inner workings of running a small business. Highly recommended for all libraries. ( )