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A review by jolietjane
Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy by Hallie Lieberman
4.0
You know a non fiction book is good when you immediately start repeating facts you learned to everyone you know. This book was written by a woman who sold sex toys pre 2004 in Austin Texas; a time when selling sex toys as anything but back massagers and scientific aids was illegal. Yep.
Buzz is a little bit of everything, because apparently sex toys are a super intersectional subject. Queer, disability, and women's rights in particular are deeply rooted to the history of sex toys. Early feminism discourse is connected to sex toys.
Buzz also takes a look at the sex shop industry; particularly in indie sex shop cultures roots in the liberation of marginalized people.
This is a fascinating look at some key players in the sex industry that are not cisgender men, and it's nice and short. My takeaway is that when it comes to social issues, we are still walking the same circle we always have. Conservatives and leftists are still having the same external (and internal) debates. Anyway this is a great book, read it.
Buzz is a little bit of everything, because apparently sex toys are a super intersectional subject. Queer, disability, and women's rights in particular are deeply rooted to the history of sex toys. Early feminism discourse is connected to sex toys.
Buzz also takes a look at the sex shop industry; particularly in indie sex shop cultures roots in the liberation of marginalized people.
This is a fascinating look at some key players in the sex industry that are not cisgender men, and it's nice and short. My takeaway is that when it comes to social issues, we are still walking the same circle we always have. Conservatives and leftists are still having the same external (and internal) debates. Anyway this is a great book, read it.