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This beautifully produced book contains the landmark work of the most influential lesbian photographers in the world, including Morgan Gwenwald, Della Grace, Diana Blok, Tee Corrine, Jill Posener, and Honey Lee Cottrell. Beyond the impact of the individual photographers, Bright writes about the themes that have fueled lesbian photography, including the feminist approach to the body and the lesbian relationship to popular culture.

They thought she'd be easy. They thought wrong. It all began with the phone call asking former porn star Angel Dare to do one more movie. Before she knew it, she’d been shot and left for dead in the trunk of a car. But Angel is a survivor. And that means she’ll get to the bottom of what’s been done to her, even if she has to leave a trail of bodies along the way….

Best-selling author Susie Bright’s first work of fiction and her first collection of short stories. Bright reveals the outlier reaches of family, tribe, last rites—as well as the elegiac care and feeding of the fast-disappearing.

Monica Lewinsky is back in the news. She's written a story for Vanity Fair in which she talks about her affair with President Clinton. Susie was glad to read that Lewinsky is candid about the affair being consensual. What is troubling to remember, though, is that back when this happened, Lewinsky was portrayed as a slut. Susie says there is so much more to this whole story, and she reads from an article she wrote for Ms. magazine that looks into Monica's background.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jane Smiley details a beautiful erotic interlude in an otherwise sordid real estate deal; Mary Gaitskill celebrates the unexpected ardor of one middle-aged couple; Steve Almond reminisces about the best one-man/three-girl Ecstasy party ever; Nelson George recounts the erotic escapades that befall a young man who accompanies a celebrity athlete when he picks up a gaggle of girls; and Carol Queen explores the joys of making love with summer fruit.

[Contains explicit content] Susie breaks down the overlooked consequences of the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case: how he profits, who'll be hurt, how it will affect sex workers, and who will pay. It ain't gonna be the abusers. Strap in for a hell of a ride. And then, new on Audible, Nancy Friday explores changing fantasies in Women on Top.

Susie Bright interviews Jillian Lauren, author of Some Girls: My Life in a Harem. Lauren talks about her incredible real-life experience “auditioning” for the harem of Prince Jefri of Brunei.

Susie Bright, one of America's best-known sexperts, addresses the sexual politics of the day's news, reviews recent movies and erotic books, answers your sex and relationship questions, and more in this exclusive AudibleOriginal®.

Famous for taking her readers to undiscovered places, Susie Bright has changed the rules for writing about sex. Erotica is no longer under-the-covers reading; it's thrilling literature that showcases the best writing around.

Impressionist art from one of the masters of all time has a really intriguing back story. Susie looks at the life of Edgar Degas and how his sexuality informed his famous ballet dancer paintings. Degas captures their grace and discipline, but a new book reveals the dancers real lives and how Degas captured their beauty and hid their pain. Ballerina: Sex, Scandal and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection by Deirdre Kelly inspired Susie to think about Degas' own erotic identity. He was a masochist, femme and repressed....

An alarming amount of deaths in the gay porn industry has Susie wondering what's going on. Today, Susie reads from a recent article in XBiz by Dan Cameron entitled "Searching for Answers". Although an X-rated gay-movie career can magnify the pressure its male stars are placed under, there have never been so many suicides as in the past 17 months. Susie looks at the role inadequate health care has played in the despair and what the industry needs to do to help these troubled souls.

[Contains explicit content] Susie is glad to hear at least one government entity is taking the threat of incels seriously. Next, LGBTQ+ Instagram accounts integrate history into everyday life. And then, new on Audible, Maxine Gordon's memoir of the late Dexter Gordon, Sophisticated Giant, is a who's who of mid-century black stars and intellectuals.

[Contains explicit content] Susie answers a multi-part question about lesbian bed death, elder sex, handicapped sex, and a stone butch code of honor. And then, new on Audible: Joanna Russ's How to Suppress Women's Writing examines the many ways women's writing is dismissed.

On this week's In Bed, Susie talks to writer Charlotte Shane. Her recent article for Fusion, "The Painful Truth About Tight Vaginas", broke down cultural expectations and shed light on the harm done by Kegels.

Here it is! Susie's list of the top sex stories from 2012, featuring a few laughs, a few cringes, and a lot of "speaking truth to power". Her list of 20 includes news stories, books, films, and situations that made an impact on our sexuality last year. From the unprecedented number of states that passed gay-marriage laws to the busting of the actor who played Elmo, Susie covers a wide range of sex-related issues. And on the lighter side, Susie reveals her favorite sexy TV shows, music albums, and hot, hot, hot movies.

There's a new embittered-fellow movement called "Men Going Their Own Way" that has Susie scratching her head. What's up with these guys? Why are they spending so much time talking about lesbians? Susie reads postings from an online forum, and these mostly straight-and-narrow guys have the weirdest take on bisexuals and homosexuals. Looks like some of the "going-their-own-wayers" are heading in a strange, asexual direction.

It's almost Valentine's Day, and Susie has some great ideas on how to celebrate our most romantic holiday. But before she gives out her tips on how to make this Valentine's Day a steamy one to remember, Susie tells us all about her Obama sex dream. Oh my, doing it with the president?

Susie has a special guest today. She's talking with author Jessica Valenti about her new book The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women.

To mark its 15th anniversary, and the very last edition of the series, the top-selling erotica anthology achieves a scorching new climax with a special edition showcasing standout stories from the entire series as well as never before published pieces - plus a hot and edgy piece from Susie Bright herself.

[Contains explicit content] Here at In Bed if someone describes you as having "a dirty mind", we call that a compliment. Susie's guest today, author Nicholson Baker, has been defined that way and in many more. The New York Times called him the "mad scientist of smut". Susie and Nicholson discuss his steamy book House of Holes - a book of raunch, filled with fantasy and wild pleasures. Among the outrageous scenes: what happens when want to exchange your right arm for a gigantic penis.