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Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex

by Patrick Califia-Rice · 1994

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Public Sex collects the best of Pat Califia's work published over the past 20 years. Providing both a chronicle of the radical sex movement in the United States, as well as the definitive opinions of America's most consistent and trenchant sexual critic, Public Sex is must-read material for anyone interested in sexual practices, feminism, censorship, or simply the art of the political essay.

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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of this
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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thiseroticaeroticaMore like thisLess of this
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LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of thissexualitysexualityMore like thisLess of thisfeminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thisgendergenderMore like thisLess of thissocial issuessocial issuesMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 250 pages
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