Carlin Ross jabs Betty Dodson in the ribs to get her to smile during a photo session Friday afternoon in Betty’s office. It worked, more or less. Betty is the person who “single handedly” gave women permission to masturbate, taught untold thousands of them how to do it, unraveled that insidious thing called body shame, and introduced the concept sexpositive to feminism. All of these third- and fourth-wave feminists, including woman-centered porno directors, who get and express that sex is part of being an independent woman, owe (for lack of a better word) a big thank you to Dodson, who turned 83 a week ago. I suspect that there have always been scrappy, brilliant woman artists of Dodson’s caliber around, who refuse to be told what to do…in our era…Betty busted down a certain wall with her talent, her love and her persistence. If you want to read a fun, borderline controversial website, check out dodsonandross.com.
A Yes Huffy, 🙂 sacred translator, I must say that I am not always behind him did monitor
“a Cœur joie” – what a lovely expression, Lunesoleil! (I used to speak French, many lunes ago).
Excellent thank you Eric, laughter is contagious and it makes want to laugh a Cœur joie, thanks to the choice of this photo which invites us fully live the moment 🙂
Great photo of an early hero of mine.
They are great! So much truth in there, so much truth.
this is a great photo eric- i love that the vitality and warmth and humor of both shine through loud and clear, what a lovely portrait!
Fun video. I will address one theme I keep seeing, which is the idea that that fast, instant-on male ejaculation is actually an orgasm. I don’t think that it always is; I think that when we use the kind of exploration and experimentation that Betty is describing with men (on ourselves or in a partner situation), you can discover many nuances to your sexual responses — including a diversity of kinds of orgasms, with ejaculation or not.
Thanks Eric! LOVE the video – fun and so informative. Now where’s that sock?