Tristan Taormino's Picks

Tristan Taormino is an award-winning author, columnist, editor, and sex educator. 

She is the author of The Big Book of Sex Toys, The Anal Sex Position Guide,Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships, True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn and Perversion, Down and Dirty Sex Secrets, The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, and Secrets to Great G-Spot Orgasms, forthcoming in 2011. She is the creator and original series editor of the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology Best Lesbian Erotica. She runs her own adult film production company, Smart Ass Productions, and is currently an exclusive director for Vivid Entertainment. She directs three series for Vivid: a reality series called Chemistry; Vivid-Ed, a new sex education series; and Rough Sex, a vignette series based around women's real fantasies. She was a syndicated columnist for The Village Voice for nine and a half years and writes an advice column for Taboo Magazine. She lectures at top colleges and universities where she speaks on gay and lesbian issues, sexuality, gender, porn, and feminism. She teaches sex and relationship workshops around the world. 

Tristan's Ultimate Favorites: "I love the amazing restraint & positioning toys from Sportsheets!"