{"product_id":"9781551522609","title":"Macho Sluts: A Little Sister's Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen it was first published in 1988, Patrick Califia's \u003ci\u003eMacho Sluts\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of S\/M stories set in San Francisco's dyke bathhouses, sex parties, and S\/M gay bars, shocked the lesbian community and caused an upheaval in the field of queer publishing. Nobody had ever written so frankly about the kinky potential of woman-to-woman sex (and nobody has ever done it any better). If any book is responsible for the formation of the modern lesbian leather community, this one is it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite its graceful language, imaginative scenarios, and abundant humor, the lesbian press trashed \u003ci\u003eMacho Sluts\u003c\/i\u003e, and it became a focal point for the infamous legal battles between Canada Customs and Little Sister's, the gay and lesbian bookstore. But readers loved it, and to this day \u003ci\u003eMacho Sluts\u003c\/i\u003e remains a vital and moving classic that still has the power to educate, radicalize, and expand our notions of the body's potential to provide us with pleasure, pain, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition, part of Arsenal Pulp Press' Little Sister's Classics series resurrecting classics of LGBT literature, includes a new afterword by the author, and an introduction by Wendy Chapkis, a professor of sociology and women and gender studies at the University of Southern Maine in Portland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Califia\u003c\/b\u003e has written many books about radical sex, queer communities, and the repression of desire. Almost ten years ago, Califia transitioned from female to male; he now lives as a bisexual transman in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040228491504,"sku":"9781551522609","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551522609_p0.jpg?v=1763752645","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551522609","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}