eroticism

• “Leiber's edgy narrative throughout this story of dark eroticism is very descriptive, oftentimes lingering (seemingly) too long on Ryker's point of view, making the reader wonder when he will get on with the story.”

  REVIEW: Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories edited by Charles N. Brown and Jonathan Strahan

• “Granted, eroticism is different for each person, I still find it hard to believe that many people would find these tales sensual at all; they fall more into the category of bawdy, if anything.”

  Book Review: In Sleeping Beauty’s Bed IV « Colleen Anderson

• “Not to be confused with the schoolboy's desire to have the body fully exposed, eroticism is thus transformed from a problem of knowledge and possession — of knowing/seeing/having the body of the beloved — into a problem of imagination and relinquishment — of seeing what is to be seen and imagining what is not and letting go of the illusion of mastery.”

  How to Do the History of Pornography: Romantic Sexuality and its Field of Vision

• “Erotic pleasure cannot be separated from culture, and in our culture male eroticism is wedded to power.”

  Think Progress » In 2005, Exxon CEO Raked in 190K a Day

• “The eroticism is definitely a significant element that has to be present in every doll.”

  Boing Boing: May 14, 2006 - May 20, 2006 Archives

• “If you’ve an interest in eroticism in literature, then Lady Chatterley’s Lover, love it or hate it, is a piece so critical to history that it can’t be ignored.”

  Lady Chatterley Review « Skid Roche

• “As a manifestation of anal eroticism, that is, holding the feces so that he could talk while trying to conceal the act.”

  The Journal of Abnormal Psychology

• “I was into girlie things and also what I would call eroticism as art; I had a relationship with a photographer James Wedge and explored that.”

  The Guardian World News

• “I mean "eroticism" not in its reductionist modern meaning of sex, but rather as a sense of aliveness, vibrancy, and vitality that communicates the message: "This couple is alive, not just surviving.”

  Esther Perel: Sex in America: Can We Change The Conversation?

• “And Donna Summer was banned for "eroticism," though I would have thought that "basic suckiness" would have been reason enough.”

  Is That Legal?: Iron Maiden: Religious Obscurantists

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