A review by twirlsandwhirls
The New Bottoming Book by Dossie Easton, Janet W. Hardy

4.0

This was a light an enjoyable read. I knew much of the information before starting but I wanted to read it anyway for a few reasons: I have the accompanying Topping Book and wanted to compare them, and I also wanted to see if the writing style was similar to Dossie and Janet's other book, The Ethical Slut. This book is very similar to that one in style and voice. Reading it is kind of like chatting with encouraging aunties who want to introduce you to kink. I like it. I got a laugh from the chapters about the internet, as the New Bottoming Book was released in 2002 and being online was a completely different experience then than it is now. It was fascinating to hear a bit about how kinksters used to meet before everything went online. Some of it was very woo but I'd expect nothing less from former hippies on the west coast.