Resources
Here are some resources on women and trans sexuality recommended by the cast and crew of The Birds and the Bees...Unabridged.
Feel free to let us know if you have any you’d like to share.
Books:
- Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire by Lisa M. Diamond
- My Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein
- Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What it Means for Modern Relationships by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
- Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
- Cunt: A Declaration of Independence by Inga Muscio
- Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards
- I Love Female Orgasm by Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller
- I'll Show You Mine by Wrenna Robertson
- The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
- Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf
- The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine
- The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities by Easton and Hardy
- Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Kristof and WuDunn
- Revelations: Diaries of Women by Moffat and Painter
- Our Bodies, Ourselves by Judy Norsigian
- Female Chauvinist Pigs and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
- Fast Girls:Teenage Tribes and the Myth of the Slut by Emily White
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- On Beauty by Zadie Smith
- The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls by Joan Jacobs Brunberg
- Appetites by Caroline Knapp
- Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing by Dr. Christine Northrup
Movies:
- Orgasm, Inc.
- Bi the Way
- The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships
- Let's Talk About Sex
- But I’m a Cheerleader
- Half the Sky
- Killing Us Softly
Websites:
- Rookie
- Scarleteen
- Not Your Mom's Trans 101
- Feminist Pigs
- Babeland
- S Factor
- Lady Gaga Suffrage Video
- SEICUS Sexuality Education and Information Council of the United States
- Reddit.com / twox chromosomes
- Sister Giant Movement
- Feministing Blog
- Ted Talk: Make Love Not Porn
- The Body Project
Other:
- NYCLU Report: Birds Bees and Bias
- Free to Be You and Me: Book, DVD and Digital Recording
- Savage Love Podcast
- Sex Nerd Sandra Podcast
- Sex is Fun Podcast
- Stuff Mom Never Told You Podcast
PLEASE NOTE: Whenever possible, we linked to feminist bookstores and artist websites. This may mean the price of the product rises a bit, but the money goes directly to a good cause. For less expensive items, most, if not all of these resources can be found in your local library, on Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu.
