The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise

And Other Incendiary Acts

An empowering, funny, fierce, compassionate guide to exercise by a fellow fatso who's been there and has the worn-out sports bras to show for it, designed to help you discover activities that work for you no matter what your size or current fitness level. Find movement that feels great to you, physically and emotionally, overcome fear and shame, and feel good in your skin!

(Ten Speed Press)

Straight

The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality

The concept of heterosexuality was invented in the same decade as dynamite, the light bulb, the typewriter, and pasteurization. It didn’t become a household word until after WWI. How did men and women learn how to be modern heterosexuals? Put down those imaginary eternal verities and hop aboard this whistle-stop tour of how our most influential modern sexuality came to be… and how we’re continuing to change it even today.

(Beacon Press)

Big Big Love

A Sex and Relationships Guide for People of Size (and Those Who Love Them)

Big Big Love is the only one-stop-shopping handbook on relationships, sexuality, and big sexy confidence for people of all genders, sizes, and sexual orientations who know that a fantastic love life doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the number on the bathroom scale. This freshly illustrated, completely rewritten update of the 2000 cult classic features new interviews, hundreds of quotes selected from a survey conducted exclusively for the book, and savvy, sane advice to help you tackle every hot-button issue you may confront in the bedroom and in love.

“Big Big Love is a ginormous blessing to people everywhere. Not only is it a superb sex manual, it’s positively radical, fun to read, and life affirming – big time. We know that ‘people of size’ enjoy sex as much as anyone, but to talk about it so frankly, to show it, and give explicit details about the ins and outs of it, is as transgressive as it gets in our culture of “thin is sexy.” This book is well worth its weight in gold.” – Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D.

(Celestial Arts)

Virgin

The Untouched History

Why has an indefinable state of being commanded the attention and fascination of the human race since the dawn of time? In Virgin, Hanne Blank brings us a revolutionary, rich and entertaining survey of an astonishing untouched history. Read Virgin, and find out why Hanne wanted to subtitle it “Why Everything You Think You Know About Virginity Is Wrong.”

“…informative, funny and provocative …Blank also has a pleasing, highly readable style that allows her to convey large amounts of information with wit and agility. …Thoroughly researched, carefully argued and written with a sly sense of humor, this is a bright addition to the popular literature of women’s and cultural studies.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)

(Bloomsbury)

Unruly Appetites

Editor of several successful erotica anthologies, Hanne Blank knows good sex, and this-her first book-length solo offering-demonstrates her considerable talents as a creator of erotic fiction. Focused on women, but including a wide variety of preferences and pleasures – and sometimes a wicked sense of humor – there is something for nearly everyone in this collection.

“This is Blank at her best, which is saying quite a lot.” – Yesportal.com

(Seal Press)

Shameless

Women’s Intimate Erotica

This collection of memoir-style erotic fiction includes startling, sizzling stories from 18 brilliant writers including Lisa Bland, Adhara Law, Dawn O’Hara, and R. Gay. Evocative, confessional, intense, and real.

“A Shameless romp is wet and creamy: You will collapse in a sweaty, spent pile afterward.” – Seattle Weekly

(Seal Press)

Best Transgender Erotica

Best Transgender Erotica was the first book to celebrate exclusively transgender sexualities in the erotic fiction genre, and includes a wide variety of transgender experience and identity. Whether blurring the line between masculine and feminine, or making the transition from female to male, or something else entirely, these characters (and authors) had to put on their sexiest, most alluring, heart-racing show in order to make the cut. (Out of print.)

“Best Transgender Erotica truly lives up to its name and is very highly recommended to those in search of the unusual, the offbeat, and the unique in their erotic reading materials.” – Midwest Book Review

(Circlet Press)

Zaftig

Well Rounded Erotica

A frank celebration of the transformative force of sex, lust, desire, and the recognition that one is desired. Zaftig women, described variously as full-figured and pleasingly plump, have long been a source of fetish and humor in erotic literature, but now we all get to savor this sampling of surprising, steamy stories showcasing the sex lives of women of size and their admirers.

“What sets Zaftig apart from the garden-variety erotica out there is not just its subject matter but its beautifully fleshed-out characters… Zaftig is a hot, groundbreaking book that’s sure to leave you hungry for more big-time sensuality.” – OUT Magazine

(Cleis Press)

Big Big Love

A Sourcebook on Sex for People of Size and Those Who Love Them

The original cult classic book that covers the how-tos and why-tos of sexuality from the point of view of big folks and those who love them! Big Big Love is a no-holds-barred, yet lighthearted, overview of sex for everybody from the chubby to the supersized. (Out of print.)

“The perfect poster girl, clearly confident … a huge helping of stereotype busting, old-fashioned feminist consciousness raising, and self-esteem elevation for women who don’t fit into the American idealized version of a size-six woman.” – The Village Voice

(Greenery Press)