Resources

Desire + Pleasure

The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir

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Enduring Desire: Your Guide to Lifelong Intimacy
Metz & McCarthy

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The Guide to Getting
it On
Paul Joannides

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The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion & Fulfillment
Jack Morin

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Love Worth Making: How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship
Stephen Snyder

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How to Think More About Sex
Alain DeBotton

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Come As You Are
Emily Nagoski

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Rekindling Desire: A Step by Step Program to Help Low-Sex & No-Sex Marriages
Barry & Emily McCarthy

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Taking Sexy Back
 Alexandra Solomon

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Mindfulness + Sex

Self Compassion & The Mindful Self Workbook
Kristen Neff

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Better Sex Through Mindfulness
Lori Brotto

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Non-monogamy

Building Open Relationships: Your Hands on Guide to Swinging, Polyamory, and Beyond
Liz Powell

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More than Two: A Practice Guide to Ethical Polyamory
Eve Rickert

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The Ethical Slut: A Practice Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, & Other Adventures
Janet Hardy & Dessie Easton

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Designer Relationships: A Guide to Happy Monogamy, Positive Polyamory, and Optimistic Open Relationships
Mark A. Michaels & Patricia Johnson

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Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
Tristan Taormino

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Love is Not Color Blind: Race & Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities
Kevin A. Patterson

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Poly Secure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Non-Monogamy
Jessica Fern

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Fantasy + Erotica

Who’s Been Sleeping in Your Head: The Secret World of Sexual Fantasies
Brett Kahr

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Crash Pad Series

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Jacky St. James

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Dispea

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Erika Lust Cinema

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Light Southern Cinema

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Literotica

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Gender + Exploration

A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns
Archie Bongiovanni

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Chicago Gender Society

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I am Jazz
Jazz Jennings

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Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community
Laura Erickson-Schroth

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Being You: A First Conversation Around Gender
Jessica Ralli & Megan Madison

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Gracefully Grayson Ami Polonsky

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Julian is a Mermaid Jessica Love

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Where’s My Book? A Guide for Transgender & Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, and Everyone Else
Linda Gromko

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Beyond Magenta
Susan Kuklin

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GenderSpectrum.Org

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Trans +
Kathryn Gonzales, MBA & Karen Rayne, PHD

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The List

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Infidelity + Repair

Getting Past the Affair: A Program to Help You Cope, Heal, and Move On - Together or Apart
Donald H. Baucom, Douglas K. Synder, and Kristina Coop Gordon

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The State of Affairs
Esther Perel

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Love + Sex

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment & How it Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love
Amir Levine & Rachel Heller

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Love Sense
Sue Johnson

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What Makes Love Last
John Gottman

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The Dance of Anger
Harriet Learner

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Hold Me Tight
Sue Johnson

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Loving Bravely
Alexandra Solomon

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Passionate Marriage: Keeping love & intimacy alive in emotionally committed relationships
David Schnarch

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CPR for your Sex Life
Michael L. Brown & Stephen

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I Want This to Work: An Inclusive Guide to Navigating the Most Difficult Relationship Issues We Face in Modern Age
Elizabeth Earnshaw

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Loving with the Brain in Mind
Mona Fishbane

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The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work
John Gottman & Nan Silver

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Separation + Divorce

The Good Divorce
Constance Ahrons

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Contemplating Divorce
Susan Pease Gadoua

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Kink + BDSM

Cuff, Tied & Satisfied - A Kinky Guide to the Best Sex Ever
Jaiya

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The New Topping Book
Janet Hardy & Dossie Easton

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Playing Well with Others
Less Harrington & Mollena Lee Williams Haas

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The New Bottoming Book
Janet Hardy & Dossie Easton

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Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink: Educational, Sensual & Entertianing Essays
Midori

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Sexual Outsiders
Richard Sprott & David Ortman

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Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play & the Erotic Edge
Tristian Taormino

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Religion + Sex

Sex, God & The Conservative Church
Tina Schermer Sellers

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The Almond
Nedjima

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Headscarves & Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs A Sexual Revolution
Mona Eltahawy

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LGBTQIA+

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society & The Meaning of Sex
Angela Chen

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Girls Sex 101: A Queer Pleasure Guide for Women & Their Lovers
Allison Moon

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Sexual Intimacy for Women: A Guide for Same Sex Couples
Glenda Corwin

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GLAAD

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The Asexuality Visibility & Education Network (AVEN)

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Orgasm + Self-Pleasuring

A Woman’s Touch: Sexuality & Resource Lab

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He Comes Next: The Thinking Women’s Guide to Pleasuring a Man
Ian Kerner

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Becoming Cliterate
Dr. Laurie Mintz

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OMGYES

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The Elusive Orgasm: A Woman’s Guide to Why She Can’t & How She Can Orgasm
Vivienne Cass

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Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual & Personal Growth Programme for Women
Julia Heiman, Joseph LoPiccolo & Leslie LoPiccolo

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She Comes First: The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Women
Ian Kerner

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Politics + Sex

Sex & World Peace
Mary Caprioli & Valerie M. Hudson

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Girls & Sex
Peggy Ornstein

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Trauma + Healing

Healing Sex
Staci Haines

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Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma & Living a Passionate Life
Holly Richmond

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The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Wendy Maltz

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Parenthood

Baby Bomb: A Relationship Survival Guide for New Parents
Karen Hoppe & Stan Tatkin

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Becoming Us: 8 Steps to Grow a Family that Thrives
Elly Taylor

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Sex + Aging

The Ultimate Guide to Sex after Fifty: How to Maintain - or Regain - a Spice, Satisfying Sex Life
Joan Price

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The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk & Adventure in the 25 Years after 50
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

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Sexual Health + Functioning

Coping with Premature Ejaculation
Metz & McCarthy

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The New Male Sexuality
Bernie Zilbergeld

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Coping with Erectile Dysfunction
Metz & McCarthy

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The Vagina Bible
Jen Gunter

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For Women Only: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Sexual Dysfunction & Reclaiming Your Sex Life
Berman & Berman

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The Ultimate Guide to Sex & Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and Illness
Miriam Kaufman, M.D, Cory Silverberg, Fran Odette 

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Sexuality Education for Adults

A Celebration of Vulva Diversity
Hilde Atlanta

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Sex with the Lights On: 200 Illuminating Sex Questions Answered
Ducky Doolittle

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Pillow Talk with Afrosexology

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Sex Matters for Women
Foley, Kope & Sugrue

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The Minority Sex Report

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Respect: Everything a Guy Needs to Know About Sex, Love & Consent
Inti Chavez Perez

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Sex Smart
Aline Zoldbrod

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The Sex & Pleasure Book: Good Vibrations Guide to Great Sex For Everyone
Carol Queen & Shar Redour

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Body + Image

More Than a Body: Your Body is an Instrument, not an Ornament
Lindsay Kite, Lexie Kite

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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
Sabrina Strings

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What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat
Aubrey Gordon

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Chicago Sexual Health Clinics

Center on Halsted

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Lakeview Specialty Clinic

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The Core Center Chicago

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Chicago Women’s Health Center

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Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine & Menopause

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UIC Wellness Center

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Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center

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Howard Brown Health Walk-In Clinic - STI Screening

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Planned Parenthood

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University of Chicago Medicine’s Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine (PRISM)

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Chicago Sexuality Retailers

Early to Bed

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Journelle

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The Pleasure Chest

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Sexpression Series

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Uberlube

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Videos

Come As You Are
Emily Nagoski

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Sexuality: Pleasure, Privilege & the Power of Reproductive Justice
Michelle Hope

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Relational Self-Awareness: The Key to Navigating Modern Love
Alexandra Solomon

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Sex Needs a New Metaphor
Al Vernacchio

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Change your Story, Change your Life
Lori Gotlieb

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The Urgency of Intersectionality
Kimberle Crenshaw

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The Secret to Desire in a Long-Term Relationship
Esther Perel

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The Power of Vulnerability
Brene Brown

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How to Have a Healthier, Positive Relationship to Sex
Tiffany Kagure Mugo & Siphumeze Khundayi

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Podcasts

Morning Sex & Pancakes

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The Women’s Pelvic Health Podcast

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Sex with Emily

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Trauma Queen

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Where Should We Begin? - Esther Perel

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Sluts & Scholars

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Wild & Sublime: A Sexy Spin on Infotainment

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Foreplay Radio - Laurie Watson & George Faller

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