Suarez Rouse (BlandRodriquez6)

Battle Of the Sexes Slut-Shaming – Are Women Scientifically Programmed is fresh new York-based author, editor, blogger and event organizer. She has written for numerous publications, including Alternative Press, Cnn.com, The Daily Beast, The Frisky, Gothamist, The Hairpin, Huffington Post, Inked, Jezebel, Lemondrop, Mediabistro, The Nervous Breakdown, New york Post, New York Observer, New York Press, Playgirl, The Root, Salon, San francisco Chronicle, Time Out New York, The Village Voice, xoJane and Zink. This wounderful woman has edited 40+ anthologies for Alyson Books, Avon Red, Cleis Press, Pretty Things Press, Ravenous Romance and Seal Press, including Anything for You: Erotica for Kinky Couples, Suite Encounters: Hotel Sex Stories, Going Down, Irresistible, Women in Lust, Orgasmic, Fast Girls, Passion, Obsessed, Bottoms Up, Spanked, Tasting Him, Tasting Her, Gotta Have It, The Mile High Club, Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories, Best Bondage Erotica 2011 and 2012, Best Sex Writing 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012, and 6 of her anthologies have won Gold IPPY (Independent Publisher) Awards for Erotica and Sexuality/Relationships. She has contributed to over 100 anthologies, including Susie Brights Best American Erotica 2004 and 2006 and X: The Erotic Treasury, as well as The Sexual State of the Union and Yes Means Yes. Rachel conducts reading and erotic writing workshops worldwide, and including Chicago, Las Vegas, London, Minneapolis, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Toronto. This wounderful woman has presented, spoken and taught at conferences including Dark Odyssey, Erotic Authors Association, Sex 2.0, and SXSW. For five years, she hosted In The Flesh Erotic Reading Series in New York City, which featured 300 readers, including Kevin Allison, Jonathan Ames, Laura Antoniou, Mo Beasley, Susie Bright, Lily Burana, Kerry Cohen, Jessica Cutler, Mike Daisey, Mike Edison, Stephen Elliott, Polly Frost, Gael Greene, HoneyB (Mary Morrison), Debra Hyde, Maxim Jakubowski, Diana Joseph, Jillian Lauren, Neal Medlyn, Scott Poulson-Bryant, Julie Powell, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, M.J. Rose, Susan Shapiro, Danyel Smith, Grant Stoddard, Cecilia Tan, Carol Taylor, Jo Weldon, Susan Wright, and Zane, among others. Lesbian Bed Death Truth Or Just Straight Panic holds a bachelors degree in political science and womens studies from the University of California at Berkeley. JULY WESTHALE: Youre so accomplished, and has written for most of wonderful publications throughout country, as well as hosted workshops and edited anthologies. How did you receive your start in erotic writing? RACHEL KRAMER BUSSEL: I was in law school at NYU and realizing that law was truly career fit for me. At the same time, I am reading wonderful erotica collections like Herotica and Best American Erotica, and though Id never written fiction before, Choice to try me at writing a made-up celebrity sex story, Monica and Me, which got published in Starf*cker edited by Shar Rednour, as well as best Lesbian Erotica 2001 edited by Tristan Taormino. Ive been writing ever sinceat first it was just a story every few months, i quickly got asked to edit some anthologies, and now I strive to submit to as many anthologies as I can think of story ideas for. JW: What are some of your own favorite titles? RKB: Far and away, my 2013 anthology The Big Book of Orgasms: 69 Sexy Stories is my favorite. Its my 55th anthology, actually, and my second of micro fiction of 1,200 words or less, following Gotta Have It: 69 Stories of Sudden Sex, but it will be the first one which i felt was truly an excellent introduction for newcomers on the genre bec