Book
& Film Reviews
by
Kristine Hawes & Lisabet
Sarai
A
Review of the Anthology "Best Lesbian Erotica 2004"
by Lisabet
Sarai
"Much of this collection, though,
seems to focus almost exclusively on the physical. I also found
it surprising (though I suspect that this reveals my ignorance
of lesbian sexual conventions) how many of the encounters seemed
to play out stereotyped straight scenarios: butches fucking femmes
with strap-ons, femmes giving blow jobs to silicon cocks, deeper
and harder and rougher is better..."
Dangerous
Liason:
A Review of the Novel "3"
by Lisabet Sarai
"This is no ordinary love; it is diabolical
and all-consuming. Nor is the sex in '3' of the ordinary variety.
An edginess pervades the sex scenes, even the most vanilla. The
characters are constantly pushing boundaries, and pleasure is
always tainted: by fear, by shame, by insecurity."
A
Review of the Novel "3"
by Kristine Hawes
"This is no mere chronicle about three people fucking and
living happily ever after. Truthfully, it's not a book I would
even classify as typical erotica. While "3" is about
sex and sexual acts, it is a complex story about how obsessions
can become so binding as to choke out the life of their givers.
This book is a dark look at the emotional and mental workings
of fetish, desire, and codependency."
Discovering
Desire: A Review of the Film "Friday Night"
by Lisabet Sarai
"'Friday Night' is simple and true. This is a slice
of Paris life. The director makes it clear that Jean and Laure
are ordinary people, caught for a moment, a night, in something
extraordinary..."
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