{"id":54,"date":"2010-01-12T13:08:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T19:08:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-03T18:14:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T23:14:06","slug":"macho_sluts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/macho_sluts\/","title":{"rendered":"Macho Sluts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bloglink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldcat.org\/oclc\/404610649\">Califia, Pat. <em>Macho Sluts.<\/em> Vancouver, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009. Trade Paper. 398p. $19.95. ISBN: 9781551522609.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"bloglink\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0pt none initial;\" title=\"macho sluts\" src=\"http:\/\/coverart.oclc.org\/ImageWebSvc\/oclc\/+-+4915619595837_140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twenty-one years after it first appeared, causing much consternation in the lesbian community and a protracted censorship case in Canada, <em>Macho Sluts<\/em> returns in a new 2009 edition. A breakthrough of explicit, X-rated fiction focused on the lesbian leather community, it is one of those rare works that is actually well-written, as well as . . . well, hot, especially if you are inclined toward S\/M scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>In the intervening years since, the book&#8217;s author, Pat Califia, transitioned to a bisexual transman (Patrick), and the queer world has undergone its own changes. But <em>Macho Sluts<\/em> stands out as a &#8220;classic,&#8221; still able to educate and inspire, a relevant addition to an adult queer collection. This edition includes a new forward by the author, an introduction by Prof. Wendy Chapkis, (Sociology and Women &amp; Gender Studies, Univ. Southern Maine in Portland) and background on the trial.<\/p>\n<p>You might not have the nerve to place it in your collection, but maybe I&#8217;ll loan you my copy, if you get down on your knees and say the proper words.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reviewed by, <strong>Morgan Gwenwald<\/strong><br \/>\nSUNY New Paltz<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Califia, Pat. Macho Sluts. Vancouver, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009. Trade Paper. 398p. $19.95. ISBN: 9781551522609. Twenty-one years after it first appeared, causing much consternation in the lesbian community and a protracted censorship case in Canada, Macho Sluts returns in a new 2009 edition. A breakthrough of explicit, X-rated fiction focused on the lesbian leather community, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,36,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}