Liz Goldwyn

A brilliantly imaginative, illustrated recreation of an 1890s Los Angeles pocket guide, or "Sporting Guide," to the brothels of the day. Los Angeles, 1897, When Vice Ruled The City Long before the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles was a city where dreamers from all over the world came to make their fortunes—where a madam named Pearl Morton entertained the most powerful politicians and entrepreneurs inside her namesake brothel. In a series of haunting, interlinked stories set in the period, author and filmmaker Liz Goldwyn re-creates a “sporting guide”—a secret diary and guidebook of the best brothels and prostitutes in the city. In this world a hushed conversation inside a velvet-lined boudoir could destroy a man, and the rustle of bushes might reveal a sordid assignation. Based on original research in the libraries and archives of Los Angeles, these fictional stories are often inspired by real historical characters—like the laudanum-addicted Cora Phillips, whose tombstone Goldwyn rediscovered, or Bartolo Ballerino, Italian immigrant slumlord of the forgotten red-light district, or thirteen-year-old Frances dreaming of life beyond the Children’s Orphan Asylum. Interspersed in these stories—and featuring over a hundred historical photos and illustrations—Goldwyn reveals the history of the period, from the rage for corsets to crushed pearl powder cosmetics and the awful cures for syphilis. Sporting Guide evokes a lost world of those on the margins of Los Angeles, of the hustlers who made it into one of the great cities of the world, and Goldwyn gives a poignant voice to the people and stories forgotten by time.

Los Angeles, 1897

Sporting Guide

Explore how the intersection of sex, health, and consciousness unlocks a new paradigm of pleasure. Our sexuality is an integral part of who we are, yet our understanding of sex has been warped by everything from age-old taboos and religious dogma to a popular culture that views sexuality as transactional. With Sex, Health, and Consciousness, Liz Goldwyn, founder of the thriving online platform and podcast The Sex Ed, has created an inclusive, holistic, and much-needed guide to sexual well-being—and the pleasure that’s possible when we embrace our sexuality as a natural part of a healthy human experience. In this comprehensive resource, Goldwyn shows readers how to expand their pleasure potential through an in-depth exploration of how our sexuality, physical and emotional health, and consciousness are intimately woven together. Gender fluid and non-age specific, Sex, Health, and Consciousness goes well beyond Sex 101, covering spiritual and energetic influences on sexuality—such as the chakra system, yin and yang energies, mindfulness practice, and more—along with social and biological factors—including research on sexual health and first-person accounts of sexual awakening. “In order to have the best relationship with your sexuality, and therefore the best sex possible, you need to make sure your mind, body, and consciousness are in alignment,” writes Goldwyn. “Because experiencing greater joy, connection, and pleasure is your birthright.”

How to Reclaim Your Pleasure Potential

Sex, Health, and Consciousness

The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens

Pretty Things

Unsere Sexualität ist ein integraler Bestandteil von uns selbst und Ausdruck unserer Lebensenergie. Wie wir sie leben und erleben, berührt unser ganzes Sein. Doch kulturelle Prägungen, gesellschaftliche Normen und Tabus stehen uns oft im Weg. Wie wir unser sexuelles Selbst zurückerobern und unsere Sinnlichkeit ohne Scham, Leistungsdruck oder Versagensangst völlig neu entdecken können, erklärt die Sexpositiv-Aktivistin Liz Goldwyn in ihrem ganzheitlichen Guide. Der Schlüssel liegt in einem größeren Bewusstsein: Stärkende Übungen wie die »Orgasmic Breath Meditation« oder Beckenbodentrainings sorgen für ein besseres Körpergefühl, mehr Selbstliebe und achtsame Kommunikation. Sie unterstützen uns dabei, in einen lustvollen Flow zu kommen, mehr Intimität zu kreieren und die heilsame Urkraft sexueller Ekstase in ihrer ganzen Tiefe zu erfahren.

Intimität und Lust in ihrer ganzen Fülle entdecken

Sex und Bewusstsein

"Goldwyn shows readers how to expand their pleasure potential through an in-depth exploration of how sex, health, and consciousness intersect"--

Liz Goldwyn's lifelong fascination with the inimitable glamour of classic burlesque inspired her to spend the past eight years corresponding with, visiting, interviewing, receiving striptease lessons from, and forming close relationships with the last generation of the great American burlesque queeens. Goldwyn invites us to step back into an era when the hourglass figure was in vogue and striptease was a true art form. Meet Betty "Ball of Fire" Rowland, who was known for her flaming red hair and bump–and–grind routines. (It turns out she once sued the author's grandfather, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., for using her stage name and costume in his Hollywood picture, Ball of Fire.) Meet Sherry Britton, who, with her long black hair and curvy, trim physique, was among the most stunning of the burlesque stars before Mayor LaGuardia outlawed burlesque in New York. Meet Zorita, whose sexually explicit "Consummation of the Wedding of the Snake" dance (performed with a live snake) and other daring performances earned her legendary status. Goldwyn draws back the curtain to reveal the personal journeys of yesteryear's icons of female sexuality and power, restoring their legacy to an age that has all but forgotten them–despite today's resurgence of burlesque.

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