Girl Sex 101: Allison Moon, kd diamond: 9780983830955: Amazon.com: Books

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FULL COLOR EDITION...... "If you only plan to read one book about sex, ever, make it this one."- Autostraddle
"An invaluable and necessary resource." - Huffington Post
"A guide not just to satisfying sex, but to becoming a better lover in general.... It's both refreshing and kind of thrilling." - LA Review of Books

Girl Sex 101 is a sex-ed book like no other, offering helpful info for ladies and lady-lovers of all genders and identities, playful and informative illustrations on each page, and over 100 distinct voices, plus a hot narrative that shows you how to put the info to good use!
Learn how to navigate the twists and turns of female sexuality, with special guidance from thirteen guest sex educators including Nina Hartley, Sex Nerd Sandra, Jiz Lee, Tristan Taormino, Julia Serano, Reid Mihalko, Kelly Shibari, and more!
Girl Sex 101 will teach you...
*The bits and pieces that make up female sexual anatomy
*Simple ways to communicate in the heat of the moment
*How to build a Road Map of your partner s pleasure
*Essential moves for cunnilingus, strap-ons, hand sex and more!
*Positions to avoid fatigue and generate the power you need to rock your girl's world!
You'll gain confidence to please your girl, no matter what your hands-on experience. Buckle your seat belt and get ready to ride!

Additional contributors include: Claudia Astorino, Tobi Hill-Meyer, Tina Horn, Megan Andelloux, Ignacio Rivera, Sophia St. James, Carol Queen, and Ducky Doolittle
Topics include: Safer Sex, STIs, Cunnilingus, Strap-on sex, Trans Women, Intersex, Sex and Disability, Gender Identity, Coming Out, Menopause, Pregnancy, Dyke Drama, Relationship Skills, Flirting, Vibrators and Other Toys, Lesbian Identity, Bisexual and Pansexual Identity, and much more!

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Customers find the book informative and educational, covering a wide range of topics. They appreciate its gender diversity and inclusion of all genders and sexualities. The book is described as entertaining and enjoyable for everyday reading, with great illustrations and colorful pictures. Readers praise the clear and engaging writing style, finding it easy to read and non-judgmental.

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Customers find the book informative and entertaining. They appreciate the use of storytelling amidst educational chapters. The book helps them unlearn myths and discover parts of their identity. It covers a variety of topics and provides options. Readers consider it a must-have for sexual education and openness.

"...The book is informative, detailed, light hearted and provides a solid foundation for all women or femme identifying peeps." Read more

"...no other book (or any source that I know of) is as honest about the realities of intimacy or normalizes bodies as well as this one, and for that..." Read more

"Girl Sex 101 is the best book on sex I’ve ever read.If you are a woman and/or you have sex with women, PLEASE read this book...." Read more

"The book is wonderful, and I saw the author Allison Moon talk once. She's a wealth of wonderful knowledge, and very kind...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's gender diversity. They find it inclusive of all genders and sexualities, including trans women, intersex women, disabled women, plus-sized women, and queer women. The book is gender affirming and relevant for both cis and non-cis women.

"...you are starting out or just wanting to up your game, this book is for all queer women...." Read more

"...The book is trans-inclusive but not cis exclusive...." Read more

"...range of voices and issues, including including trans women, intersex women, disabled women, plus size women, women who deal with chronic pain,..." Read more

"...I'm glad that I can provide this gender affirming, sex positvive, relevant and informative book as a resource...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's entertaining and informative content presented in a fun format. They appreciate the illustrations and style that make it enjoyable for everyday reading. The wit and casual writing style are also mentioned as positive aspects.

"...While this could be considered a manual of sorts, I find the wit, word play, and casual writing style make it just as enjoyable for everyday reading...." Read more

"...It’s presented in a digestible format that’s engaging and fun for teens. Highly recommend." Read more

"...heavy-handed with the analogies sometimes, but it's a WONDERFUL, entertaining, hugely informative, and very sex-positive book...." Read more

"...Great read. Lots of fun to read actually. Lots of pictures and examples and stories. Includes trans sex tips and education on all types of anatomy...." Read more

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Customers find the book has great illustrations and pictures. They say it's fun and easy to read, with useful information presented in a good way. The presentation is colorful and informative.

"...The interweaving of story, guest articles, text and pictures makes it fun and easy to go through and the content is phenomenal." Read more

"...Great read. Lots of fun to read actually. Lots of pictures and examples and stories. Includes trans sex tips and education on all types of anatomy...." Read more

"...great information, presented in a fun format, and the illustrations are also quite good." Read more

"...Very informative and colorful. Lots of illustrations to accompany text and a nice story flowing through the book as well." Read more

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Customers enjoy the writing style. They find it clear, engaging, and easy to read. The wit, wordplay, and casual writing style make it enjoyable.

"...While this could be considered a manual of sorts, I find the wit, word play, and casual writing style make it just as enjoyable for everyday reading...." Read more

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"This book was so well written. It was as if the author was talking to me and not at me. Learned some great stuff and will be using it...." Read more

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RAC
Essential resource
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2024
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If you are starting out or just wanting to up your game, this book is for all queer women. The book is informative, detailed, light hearted and provides a solid foundation for all women or femme identifying peeps.

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MD
Must-have for women & anyone intimate w/ them
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2017
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I buy this book for everyone who is a woman or does or might want to sleep with a woman. I have gifted more than a dozen copies. This is an absolute must for anyone who comes in intimate contact with a woman or non-binary person (including themselves!). The book is trans-inclusive but not cis exclusive. Although it is clearly written with the woman for woman crowd in mind, my polyamorous and hetero friends have all found something useful. Every person I know who has read this book is having better sex (seriously, a 100% success rate) and many are finding the communication skills advocated in this book are crossing over to non-sex situations and improving the relationship holistically. A broad swath of topics are covered and most questions you’re too embarrassed to ask are answered.

Admittedly, the road trip narrative sort of bumbles along (sometimes awkwardly) but is easily forgiven for the wealth of cleverly imparted knowledge. While this could be considered a manual of sorts, I find the wit, word play, and casual writing style make it just as enjoyable for everyday reading. Sometimes I leave it out as a coffee table book. I also must say that no other book (or any source that I know of) is as honest about the realities of intimacy or normalizes bodies as well as this one, and for that alone it is worth its considerable weight in gold.

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Must-have for women & anyone intimate w/ them
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2017
I buy this book for everyone who is a woman or does or might want to sleep with a woman. I have gifted more than a dozen copies. This is an absolute must for anyone who comes in intimate contact with a woman or non-binary person (including themselves!). The book is trans-inclusive but not cis exclusive. Although it is clearly written with the woman for woman crowd in mind, my polyamorous and hetero friends have all found something useful. Every person I know who has read this book is having better sex (seriously, a 100% success rate) and many are finding the communication skills advocated in this book are crossing over to non-sex situations and improving the relationship holistically. A broad swath of topics are covered and most questions you’re too embarrassed to ask are answered.

Admittedly, the road trip narrative sort of bumbles along (sometimes awkwardly) but is easily forgiven for the wealth of cleverly imparted knowledge. While this could be considered a manual of sorts, I find the wit, word play, and casual writing style make it just as enjoyable for everyday reading. Sometimes I leave it out as a coffee table book. I also must say that no other book (or any source that I know of) is as honest about the realities of intimacy or normalizes bodies as well as this one, and for that alone it is worth its considerable weight in gold.

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Jessica Waters
Girl Sex 101 is the best book on sex I’ve ever read
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2016
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Girl Sex 101 is the best book on sex I’ve ever read.If you are a woman and/or you have sex with women, PLEASE read this book. It tackles a diverse range of voices and issues, including including trans women, intersex women, disabled women, plus size women, women who deal with chronic pain, women who have survived sexual trauma, asexual women, non-monogamous women, and more. It covers everything from flirting to relationship drama to enthusiastic consent to anatomy to safer sex protocols to toy basics to communication to identity exploration — in other words, a 101 review of everything you need to have mindblowingly, pantysoakingly hot sex with women and as a woman. I consider myself to be a person invested in sexual education and discussion, and I still learned so much from this book. If you’re interested, please check it out.

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Darcy
Great education!
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2022
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The book is wonderful, and I saw the author Allison Moon talk once. She's a wealth of wonderful knowledge, and very kind. I had a partner read the whole thing and it was still early in the relationship, but he was VERY skilled. I also sent a copy to a sexually repressed but sweet friend of mine for Xmas, and his next girlfriend is definitely going to thank me.

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MK Bergen
This trans women inclusive sex positive book is awesome! (although I'm not super excited about the title)
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2015
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This trans women inclusive sex positive book is awesome! (although I'm not super excited about the title). I am a sex positive non binary genderqueer parent and social worker and I think this book is great for everyone: cis, trans*, queer, and straight! I have made the book accessible to my own teens at home and with other print media for several of the youth I work/volunteer with. Each time I've observed a youth reading it they are totally engrosed! I'm glad that I can provide this gender affirming, sex positvive, relevant and informative book as a resource. I need to buy another copy since my home copy is being circulated amongst all of my teens' friends. The consistant verbal feedback I've gotten from those that have read it, myself included, is that the 'road trip' narrative can be a bit confusing to follow. Several youth had no idea until I informed them.

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Rachel
Phenomenal information, fun stories and great illustrations!
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2016
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I wish I could send this book back in time to my younger self. The chapters on flirting and consent plus all the great content and examples about communication would have been so helpful. But, good news, they're totally helpful now too!

Allison Moon has wisely intuited that some of us learn better with pictures, some with facts, some from stories -- and some us work best with all three. Plus she's created a book that's very trans and bi inclusive and doesn't use the phrase "lesbian sex" to describe all the sex happening between two or more women. The interweaving of story, guest articles, text and pictures makes it fun and easy to go through and the content is phenomenal.

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ME
Who does not want a book about GIRL SEX?!
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2017
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Have you ever wanted a fun way to learn about sexual education? This is one of the best sex ed books I have ever read.Not only was it informative, but it keeps you fully engaged and you want to continue pushing through to find out more information. Another thing that is great about the book, it covers a lot of topics and gives you options. A lot of books are focused on one thing or the other. This of course is called GIRL SEX 101, but there is a push that explains GIRL may not mean just one kind of person. I love that. Thank you Allison for creating such an amazing book, I look forward to more of your work!!!

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HillyD
Awesome book for teens!
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2021
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I’m a psychotherapist and bought this book for my lending library. Every teen I lend it to loves it! It’s inclusive and covers things most parents are ignorant about. It’s presented in a digestible format that’s engaging and fun for teens. Highly recommend.

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Leen
Best sex Ed book ever
Reviewed in Germany on August 28, 2020
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Very good and open minded info. For everyone who is a girl, identifies as one or wants to have sex with one.

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Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2015
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A trans inclusive delight. :)

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This book is for everyone!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2016
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Everyone should read this, not just "girls"! It's reassuring, fun to read, and proves that it is possible to write a truly inclusive book about sex. I learned loads and felt encouraged rather than intimidated. I loved the erotic story which runs throughout the book and which helps you to imagine how the various ideas could look in real life. And although I am pretty much at the cis-female end of the gender spectrum, I really loved the way Allison Moon approached the definition of "woman", and how she included a range of different voices in the book. She is also great at presenting sex as fun without implying that people who don't enjoy sex should feel bad. There is so much to love in this book, I will be recommending it to everyone I meet! If the sex ed at your school was rubbish, or if you're not sure how to talk to your teenage kids about sex, or if you'd like some specific advice on technique, this book is for you.

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Matyk
The ultimate sex education book - for everyone!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 4, 2019
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Contains great(!) guidance on how to be a decent person, and a decent partner -- material that should form a basis of sexual education for people of all genders and sexualities.
It is fabulous and useful for everybody who deals with vaginas :) whether it would belong to a partner or to the reader themselves. It has great content for and about those women who don't have vaginas.

While not the most obvious audience, I feel like all heterosexual men should read it. Queer people are already more likely to be familiar with consent, talking about preferences, and respecting boundaries -- and heterosexual men so often don't even understand those concepts, not to mention understanding female sexuality...

Overall: 6 out of 5 stars!

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TheTransAgenda
Transphobic, racist, coercive, & basic; like if p@rnhub tried to write a sex guide.
Reviewed in Canada on August 9, 2022
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Not actually trans inclusive: it was only inclusive of trans women & trans femmes, and misgendered afab nonbinary and trans masculine folks.
Example: misgendered people who go through menopause as “women”. (Misgendering the many trans men and nonbinary folks who go through that).

Framed specific genital aversion as a “preference”, rather than an orientation, and outlined it as something to be criticized (even when it stemmed from trauma). The white author also compared not wanting to have sex with penises to not wanting to have sex with someone who is racialized— yikes! (White “woke” folks need to stop comparing things to race, especially when they aren’t comparable.) Additionally, implying that people are harmful for not wanting to have sex with penises is Coercive and actively harmful. Transmisogyny won’t be defeated by shaming or coercing penis-repulsed people into just accepting Sex they don’t want to have.

The author went on to a piece about the importance of being “sexually open”- and how doing so helped her find happiness with a man… (the energy of “you just haven’t found the right d*ck yet” is STRONG with this one).

In the section about genital “preference” The author also framed perpetrators of sexualized violence as “men”— which perpetrated the false notion that only men perpetrate sexual violence and entirely ignoring the survivors whose perpetrators have been trans women (or literally any other gender).

Back to the issue of race- the author also ignored how some labels like “stud” and “stem” are racially specific and should not be appropriated…

As for the sex tips: I’m still reading through it, but while I’ve seen a whole lot on how to pleasure penises, I haven’t seen much in terms of sex acts like fisting, tribbing, power play or other classically lesbian sex acts. Seriously unimpressed with how much “male gaze” energy is in this book; it’s like pornhub tried to write a lesbian sex book.
The consent section area also did not provide adequate information on safety planning or bdsm consent navigation, and irresponsibly left out discussions of trauma& mental health in consent negotiation (which sucks since our communities are heavily traumatized).

So much is wrong with this book- I sincerely hope the author can reflect on this and do better in future.

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