#SexTalkTuesday Welcomes Internationally known Sexologist and Therapist Dr. Gloria Brame As Special Guest Moderator Tuesday October 21, 3pm EST

[Press Release] – #SexTalkTuesday announced today that Dr. Gloria Brame will serve as special guest moderator of the October 21 edition of the Twitter-based chat show, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge about relationships and BDSM. The chat will run from 3pm-4pm Eastern Standard Time.

"Having been the co-owner of Wasteland.com since 1994, I've always highly respected Gloria as an expert and authority on BDSM relationships and am personally thrilled to have her on Sex Talk Tuesday," said Angie Rowntree. "Gloria Brame is one of the most knowledgable and articulate people in authentic BDSM culture and we very much appreciate her participation and contributions to the conversation!"

Dr. Brame, is the author of the landmark trilogy on sex science, "The Truth About Sex." Internationally reknowned for her pioneering work in removing the stigma from BDSM and fetish sex. Brame is a much sought-after expert on performance disorders, sexual wellness, sexual techniques, sexual variations, sexual identity crises, and relationships skills.

"People are afraid that sex problems are too mysterious, painful or complicated to “fix.” It’s not true.  Sometimes, sensitive education and non-judgmental support are all it takes to turn your sex life around" States  Dr. Brame, who has an incomparable track record in guiding and educating adults to get the most out of their sex lives.

A fun and provocative Twitter-based chat held every Tuesday of each month, #SexTalkTuesday is hosted and coordinated by Sssh.com, the web’s premier destination for porn for women and couples.

Each session, a guest moderator asks thought-provoking questions to a large and active group of participants, who send hundreds of tweets during each round of #SexTalkTuesday. The result is a lively and entertaining discussion that invites participants to be open and candid with their thoughts and opinions on sex, life, love and the humor of it all, in a way that fosters a supportive and compassionate environment for the conversation.

 Dr. Brame has packed her leather bag full of kinky fun and science facts. So to participate in Sex Talk Tuesday, go to twitter.com and use the #SexTalkTuesday hashtag during the hour-long show, which this week runs from 3pm to 4pm EST.

For more information on Dr. Brame @DrGloriaBrame, please go www.gloriabrame.com. For more information on Sssh.com (@ssshforwomen), or to inquire about serving as a guest moderator, contact Rowntree at editor@sssh.com or go to sextalktuesday.com

K.C. Lauer's 'Bad Girl Gone Mom' is not your average recovery memoir

K.C. Lauer opens Bad Girl Gone Mom, her memoir of drug and alcohol addiction and recovery, with an author's note referencing James Frey's A Million Little Pieces. Lauer's harrowing and ultimately hopeful depiction of her earlier life may remind some of Frey's memoir, though Lauer attests she's done her best to fact-check where possible. Given the obstacles she's had to overcome, Lauer's memoir could be no one else's but her own.

Lauer was born with a cleft palate, a condition that wasn't discovered until after her parents left the hospital with her. Somehow her doctors wouldn't notice until Lauer's teen years that she was also born with vaginal agenesis, an underdeveloped vaginal canal. In Lauer's case, she had no vaginal opening. One had to be surgically created. Lauer writes poignantly of her sense of being a sexless being turned into an artificial woman, created expressly for the purpose of male pleasure. By the time she had her surgery at age 15, Lauer no longer considered herself a virgin; she and a boyfriend had been having interstitial intercourse without knowing any better. Still, she felt violated and offended at the thought of having to use a set of plastic vaginal dilators (dildos, essentially) until, as her doctors liked to put it, she got married.

She had already turned to drugs and alcohol to ease the pain of being different. After Lauer's surgery, she added promiscuity to her list of self-destructive behaviors. I don't mean that to sound negative toward teenage sexuality in general. Some teens have sex because they enjoy it or because they fall in love, but Lauer wasn't one of them. She seemed to be out to prove to the world that she was a "real" woman in the only way she could figure out how to. This led her into destructive relationships, two bad marriages, sexual abuse and generally being used.

As one can guess from the title, Lauer got pregnant and had a daughter, despite the uterine complications that are sometimes associated with vaginal agenesis. Her transformation was slow and, at times, painful, but eventually she transitioned from recovering addict to responsible parent.

Lauer suggests this book be shared with teens who might be headed down the same self-destructive path. It's not what would typically be considered a "young adult" book. It contains explicit depictions of sexual acts, including acts in the context of a Dominant-submissive relationship. However, mature teens who struggle with drug use, alcohol addiction or abusive relationships may relate to Lauer and learn from her experience.

The best pull-out quote from Bad Girl Gone Mom is this one: "I already knew that I loved words, but I discovered that I loved words about sex even more."

Disclosure: I received a free copy of this e-book from the author in exchange for this review. I was not otherwise compensated.

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