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Switch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica [Paperback]

Lawrence Schimel (Author), Carol Queen (Author)
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  • Paperback: 206 pages
  • Publisher: Cleis Press (21 May 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1573440213
  • ISBN-13: 978-1573440219
  • Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 13.6 x 21.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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An entertaining, explicit, and erotic anthology of short stories features writings about lesbians by gay men and tales about gay men written by lesbians and bisexual women, featuring works by D. Travers Scott, Lucy Taylor, Kevin Killian, Wickie Stamps, and others. Simultaneous. Tour. IP.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Sorry - needs reworking 27 Feb 1998
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It seems that lesbians writing as gay men do a better job of it than gay men as lesbians.Likely that lack of experience with female sexuality among the men limits their knowledge, so that they imagine that the female orgasm is as easy-to-provoke as their own. (Certainly honest accounts of women's experiences have been historically harder to come by, no pun intended, than masculine accounts and descriptions.) There were too few memorable personalities in this book. I could always "tell" that a man was writing the lesbian point of view. 'Erotica' shouldn't double as a parlor game - of which gender wrote what.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Getting a rise out of Switch-Hitters 5 Aug 1999
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Switch-Hitters is a much needed creative twist in the realm of queer erotica and it gives some insight into how lesbians and gay men view eachother's sexuality.

First and foremost, Switch-Hitters is hot. Queen and Schimel definitely took great care to put together an anothology of queer porn that rises above the typical porn anthologies that can be painful to read. These stories have both plots and steamy scenes that combine for excellent porn pleasure.

For both gay male and lesbian porn, Switch-Hitters is an opportunity to infuse each with a bit of the other. Your typicaly lesbian porn anthology includes an unbelievable number of "we met in women's studies class" scenerios that end with removing eachother's flannel shirts. Gay male porn has an advantage of being far more widespread, but often uses the same types of scenerios over and over. Switch-Hitter's erotica breaks out of these molds as the writers try to envision what the opposite sex really finds hot (and presumably what the authors find hot about the opposite sex.)

Of course, nothing is perfect. Switch-Hitters also provides a little insight into sexual stereotypes that lesbians and gay men have about eachother. In a few of the stories the characters remain pretty flat, which certainly detracts from their ability to turn readers on. Despite some of its flaws, this book belongs with some of porn's best.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hot! 28 Dec 2004
By kat - Published on Amazon.com
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I thought this collection was hot, sexy and a real turn-on. I dug the fact that the pieces were purely imagination and, unlike another reviewer, found the lesbian stories just as sexy as the gay male stories.

One bemusing trend in the lesbians-writing-gay-male-erotica was their common focus around HIV/AIDS and how that has affected the gay male community and their collective sex lives. Sure, I recognize the atrocities HIV/AIDS have embodied for so many people, but it's not something I really want to be reading about when I have my hands down my pants.

Other than that, this collection is fun - I recommend it for anyone who likes bending gender/sexuality in their fantasies and/or realities.
2.0 out of 5 stars Cleis Press has come a long way. 8 July 2012
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And thank goodness it has. Their frequent entries into the world of erotica are pretty high-quality now, but this tacky, cheap, and embarrassing 1996 collection has little to offer. I read it to prepare for a job in which I'll be writing outside of my gender, but it didn't help much.

What really puts me off is the amount of rape, coercion, and degradation in these stories. A good half of the pieces here focus on eroticizing molestation and non-consensual S/M. I get that people open this book understanding that it's fiction, but I can't get behind trying to portray violation as hot and glamorous. Role-playing, sure, but that's not what's happening here. It's especially disturbing when it appears in the stories by gay men about women (as it mostly does). Is this any more empowering than female-humiliation porn by straight men, really?

There are a few bright spots: Matthew Rettenmund's first-time story, "I F'ed a Girl," is sweet; Thomas Roche's story of a trans woman in a sex club, "Cowgrrrl in the Darkke," is fairly unique and convincing; and editor Carol Queen's "Poster Boy," about a young gay man's journey toward finding his prostate, feels authentic. Unfortunately, all three are in the first half of the book, leaving a long slog of violence and tepid sex until the final page.

If nothing else, this collection proved that the world needed WAY more authentic lesbian erotica, as the gay male authors repeatedly proved their cluelessness about cunnilingus. Luckily, in 2012 we have lots of high-profile woman-on-woman stuff... especially from Cleis! Switch Hitters is a chapter in their history that I'm fine with forgetting.
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