For anyone who thinks Anais Nin is the apex of kink

You are better off writing your own stuff. Why read someone else's nonsense when you can create your own fantasy.

 

Not even close. Classic case of victimless crime and people being hysterical about male sexuality and sex in general.

 

That's what I'm interested in.

But, for a piece of writing to convey that to me, it would have to skip all literary pretense and politically correct language. I think the book I mention, as well as Catherin M.'s, do that. Whereas Anais Nin, doesn't for me.

Art and sex to me, is a way to justify sex. And every time sex needs to be justified by something outside of itself, it's sex negative.

 

Point taken, though again, I fail to perceive the 'politically correct' language of Anais Ninn - I mean it's completely 'objectifying' of women, playing the archetypal whore-card, etc. I really think that if a man had written this, even today, you'd have quite a few people complaining it's sexist.

Or are you thinking more something along the lines of the Marquis de Sade? True, 120 Days of Sodom is about as devoid of fig leaf-backstory as they come. But like the kind of Gonzo pRoN where the actress' head is stuck down a toilet bowl and a dozen men proceed to pee on her, I'd beg to differ the result has much to do with eroticism.

 

All I know is that after the third romantic metaphor and fifth rationalization of sex, I had to put the book down. It's a little like The Bible. I'm thinking, maybe I should read this for bragging rights or simply to understand what the fuss is about. But I keep putting it down.

The House of the Fortunate Buddhas is cut and dried, and the author talks about eating cum without the least of metaphorical veils. That's a turn on.

fig leaf backstory...great expression. I'm going to use it, if you don't mind.

 

I had suggestions but I'm not sure this thread is really about wanting suggestions.

 

Your post better written than most of Nins work

Yeah this has been my experience. Logged in tonight, and there was a thread with Anais Nin in the title, thought wow, thats a name I havent really heard since University days, where yeah it was a bunch of girls doing Bachelor of Arts set raving about how seductive her writing was and acting like they we so naughty for reading it. So read a few books and fell asleep.

Although hard pressed to think of any author thats really ever achieved notoriety for writing skills in that genre, Admittedly not one for the boy meets girl storyline, but can't think of a single author that would be described as one of the greats that has written erotica predominantly