Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #365264 in Books
• Published on: 1997-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1 pages

Amazon.com Review
If anyone understands female masturbation, it's Joani Blank, founder of San Francisco's Good Vibrations, a woman-friendly sex-toy shop. Her previous books, Femalia and First Person Sexualestablished her as one of the top chroniclers of the next wave in the sexual evolution of women. I Am My Lover watches ...closely ... while twelve women get themselves off using fingers, dildos, vibrators, and their own imaginations; black and white photographs of the women taken by Annie Sprinkle, Michael Rosen, Phyllis Christopher and others provide us with images of our own to contemplate.

Although Blank calls this "the last taboo," photos of women masturbating are commonplace in porn. The difference here is that these women don't seem to be doing this for anyone but themselves. Perhaps it's because, for the most part, they aren't the lacquered teenage breast-implantees one finds in the pages of various men's magazines. Or perhaps it's just that they look like they're having fun sometimes. Whatever, the photos certainly capture nuances of the act that may fascinate women who've never seen another woman masturbate (or have never done it themselves), or men curious about the workings of female sexuality minus the presence of a partner. The interesting facial expressions of the women easily hold their own against the ... ahem ... other body parts.

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and affectionate
Six photographers and twelve female models present this most intimate kind of play, solo sex. The models cover a pleasing range of ages, from yong adults to others at least in their forties - a pleasant reminder that age doesn't end sexuality. The women in these photos also vary widely in build and appearance. Some are much curvier than the current fashion demands, proving that fashion doesn't always get it right. With the added alchemy of intense arousal, all of these models come across as deeply beautiful women.

Many photos attend to genital details, including the different kinds of caress that different women prefer. Breast stimulation matters to many of these models, so the photographers document that too. Vibrators and other toys appear as well, but the focus always returns to where it belongs: on the woman and on her happiness.

-- wiredweird

Pure Sensuality and Beauty
I Am My Lover is a picture book that features twelve women, each telling her own experinces with female masturbation. The photos in the book displays every woman's emotion as they take part in their self-loving. I Am My Lover also encourages everyone who reads this book that masturbation is a safe and healthy part of everyday life.

I am sure this is a super book
Unfortunately, I didn't know that the 1997 publication is a 2nd edition (a Lambda Literary Award Finalist in 1998) and completely new from 1978 edition. I was looking for the art work of Honey Lee Cottrell and Tee A. Corinne in the original edition.