Naked Reader Book Club Discussion: Take Me There -Trans and Genderqueer Erotica, Edited by Tristan Taormino (January 24, 8-10 PM EST)

Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by NoOneNosMe
Oh yeah I believe RuPaul is actually bigender. I do the same. When I am in male mode I prefer the male pronouns
This makes sense too.
01/24/2012
Contributor: Brendada Brendada
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Originally posted by NoOneNosMe
Oh yeah I believe RuPaul is actually bigender. I do the same. When I am in male mode I prefer the male pronouns
One of the highlights of my life was dancing with RuPaul a couple years ago. What a booty! Embarrassingly, it was at the opening of a Pottery Barn but it was in The Castro so it had a lot of fabulosity going!
01/24/2012
Contributor: melovecoffee melovecoffee
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Originally posted by Blue Koi
I couldn't agree more. The older I get, the less relevant I feel who I'm sleeping with is to my preferred gender identity. Which is a long way of saying I mostly sleep with the opposite sex, but NEVER identify as heterosexual. For me it's ... more
Agreed! You like who you like, I think you will be sexual attraction in either gender or both genders at once. Sexuality is such a grey area, there are always exceptions and that's exactly what this book dives into head first. The grey matter of gender and just the true nature of wanting someone physically and getting that satisfaction from it.
01/24/2012
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
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Originally posted by NoOneNosMe
Lol. I found more emotion in the excerpt than the Twilight books.

Gender in itself can be blurred. I play with my gender all the time. There are some days where I will feel very dysphoric and feel the need to "switch" genders but ... more
I think of gender as more like a compass than a line. We have north and south, but also east and west. And then there's north-north-west, etc., with infinite subdivisions.
01/24/2012
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Brendada
One of the highlights of my life was dancing with RuPaul a couple years ago. What a booty! Embarrassingly, it was at the opening of a Pottery Barn but it was in The Castro so it had a lot of fabulosity going!
Very cool!
01/24/2012
Contributor: K101 K101
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Originally posted by Willow Wand
Hi all! I am hoping you can help me out. I never seem to get book assignments. The email I have never replies, am I emailing the right person? I would LOVE to get in on these discussions and read some new books, but it never seems to work out for me. ... more
OK. Willow Wand, I think I found a problem. If I was correct about emailing Liz to join? Make sure you are putting a capital "L" in the address. I just seen where my last E-mail, I put a lower case. Maybe that's what the problem is? Not sure though.
01/24/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by K101
Hello love! How are ya? I've been reading through everything here and I'm definitely going to have to read this one!
I hope you love it... there are so many good stories!
01/24/2012
Contributor: NoOneNosMe NoOneNosMe
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Originally posted by Kiki DeLovely
Hi everyone! I'm one of the contributors to Take Me There (feeling humble that my story was chosen as the excerpt and overjoyed that so many folks enjoyed it!) and I'll be checking in on the convo here -- excited to hear more in depth ... more
I loved your story! I can't wait to read more of the book once I get it. I'm bigender so I closely related to Tristan.
01/24/2012
Contributor: Brendada Brendada
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Originally posted by wrmbreze
I think they would hustle you out the back door and take you in for questioning if you hand delivered it.
I can take it!
01/24/2012
Contributor: bzzingbee bzzingbee
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Originally posted by Antipova
Right, then it would be "their clit." Even though it's not grammatically correct in English... you know how in Spanish, there are feminine nouns and masculine nouns? In German there are feminine, masculine, and gender-neutral nouns. And ... more
It makes more sense to me now that I consider 'their' instead of 'they'. I just dealt with it by avoiding pronouns all together, lol. Now that I've read this book I feel more comfortable with changing it to make it work.
01/24/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
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Originally posted by K101
OK. Willow Wand, I think I found a problem. If I was correct about emailing Liz to join? Make sure you are putting a capital "L" in the address. I just seen where my last E-mail, I put a lower case. Maybe that's what the problem is? Not sure though.
nakedreaderbookclub @gmail .com instead of liz it goes to Laurel( at least thats what Liz said)
01/24/2012
Contributor: Top Kat Top Kat
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Originally posted by Kiki DeLovely
Hi everyone! I'm one of the contributors to Take Me There (feeling humble that my story was chosen as the excerpt and overjoyed that so many folks enjoyed it!) and I'll be checking in on the convo here -- excited to hear more in depth ... more
Hi Kiki - your story was one of my favorites!
01/24/2012
Contributor: specialKandL specialKandL
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Originally posted by Sacchi
Another question: do you think some readers might be put off by the extent of BDSM and general kink in the book? Not you lot, of course--I know you too well--but others?

I was actually tickled to find a bit of dungeon gadgetry in "Out on ... more
i don't think it would bother too many people... these are erotica stories and i think some kinky stuff is expected
01/24/2012
Contributor: melovecoffee melovecoffee
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Originally posted by NoOneNosMe
This is actually my first meeting and I didn't purchase the book. I have emailed Liz to get a copy. I did read the excerpt that was in a link in a previous post. I felt so close to the genderqueer character. It was almost like it was me.
I think there's such a variety of characters, I found some that I could relate to and I don't consider myself genderqueer. I think you will love it!
01/24/2012
Contributor: NoOneNosMe NoOneNosMe
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Originally posted by Antipova
This makes sense too.
Every bigender is different. Even the wikipedia definition of bigender says that it is not a set gender
01/24/2012
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
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Originally posted by Willow Wand
I am a pansexual female, although I have HUGE penis envy! I don't want to be seen by others as male, I just want to stroke a strap on once in a while and pretend I'm jacking off my own cock. Is that so bad? :/
Bad? There's nothing bad about being multifaceted. All the better, in fact,
01/24/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
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Originally posted by Brendada
I can take it!
it would make for interesting stories I am sure
01/24/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by melovecoffee
That's only when i'm on my A game. When I was a journalism major, I would often call my advisor's baby "it" mostly out of fear. Since my niece was born, I've learned to become more sensitive to the parents feelings, I ... more
Haha, yes. I notice too... when people have a male cat, and then they visit you and talk to your (female) cat, they'll automatically say "he" just out of habit. (And I do the same when I visit people with male cats.) Luckily cats don't get their panties in a twist over it And I default to "they" for babies, again, even though it's not grammatically correct, it's easier than forgetting and offending the parent.
01/24/2012
Contributor: winterseve winterseve
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Originally posted by Sacchi
I think of gender as more like a compass than a line. We have north and south, but also east and west. And then there's north-north-west, etc., with infinite subdivisions.
Love this.
01/24/2012
Contributor: NoOneNosMe NoOneNosMe
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Originally posted by Brendada
One of the highlights of my life was dancing with RuPaul a couple years ago. What a booty! Embarrassingly, it was at the opening of a Pottery Barn but it was in The Castro so it had a lot of fabulosity going!
I am now officially jealous!!!
01/24/2012
Contributor: melovecoffee melovecoffee
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Originally posted by Kiki DeLovely
Hi everyone! I'm one of the contributors to Take Me There (feeling humble that my story was chosen as the excerpt and overjoyed that so many folks enjoyed it!) and I'll be checking in on the convo here -- excited to hear more in depth ... more
HELLO!!! Great work
01/24/2012
Contributor: Willow Wand Willow Wand
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Originally posted by NoOneNosMe
That's not bad at all. Gender is fluid in all cases. YOU decide what parts of gender you want to express. It's for your benefit. Not anyone else's.

I love being recognized as male. I used to work at Dairy Queen (I was of course ... more
In high-school, I had SUPER short hair, dressed in all black and wore chains connected to my wallet, yes, wallet, NOT purse! I went to the bathroom and one girl said "The boys room is over there!" She totally thought I was a boy though, I still look back on that and smile. I am more feminine now though.
01/24/2012
Contributor: NoOneNosMe NoOneNosMe
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Originally posted by Sacchi
I think of gender as more like a compass than a line. We have north and south, but also east and west. And then there's north-north-west, etc., with infinite subdivisions.
Yeah. That makes sense. Honestly I view gender as having no rules. Whatever makes you happy go for it
01/24/2012
Contributor: NoOneNosMe NoOneNosMe
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Originally posted by melovecoffee
I think there's such a variety of characters, I found some that I could relate to and I don't consider myself genderqueer. I think you will love it!
I can't wait to read it. I was born physically female but present as male
01/24/2012
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
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Originally posted by Kiki DeLovely
Hi everyone! I'm one of the contributors to Take Me There (feeling humble that my story was chosen as the excerpt and overjoyed that so many folks enjoyed it!) and I'll be checking in on the convo here -- excited to hear more in depth ... more
Hi Kiki! It's great that you could join us. And your story is a fine one to represent the book here.
01/24/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Kiki DeLovely
Hi everyone! I'm one of the contributors to Take Me There (feeling humble that my story was chosen as the excerpt and overjoyed that so many folks enjoyed it!) and I'll be checking in on the convo here -- excited to hear more in depth ... more
Your story was awesome, too! Welcome!
01/24/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
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Originally posted by Willow Wand
In high-school, I had SUPER short hair, dressed in all black and wore chains connected to my wallet, yes, wallet, NOT purse! I went to the bathroom and one girl said "The boys room is over there!" She totally thought I was a boy though, I ... more
I feel more comfortable in menswear. They need to make boxerbriefs for women, I think. I hated dressing like a girl, but I do it now because I like the looks I get from my man.
01/24/2012
Contributor: Brendada Brendada
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Originally posted by melovecoffee
Yes! 5 gold doubloons a print and all the erotica I can stand!
ahoy!
01/24/2012
Contributor: bzzingbee bzzingbee
Being able to relate to the characters really did make them easy to connect with.
01/24/2012
Contributor: melovecoffee melovecoffee
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Originally posted by removedacnt
Congratulations melovecoffee (I love that name!!!) You're the second winner of a $25 Edenfatasys gift card this evening. Please email me at Liz @ Edenfantasys .com with your EF name and I'll get that out to you.
Sent you an email, wanted to make sure you got it
01/24/2012