Sex
and the Saudi A
story of love, lust and shopping in the lives of
four privileged young women is nothing new...
but set in the conservative Islamic bastion of
Riyadh it becomes a recipe for sensation and
scandal. Publishing a book in Saudi Arabia can
be difficult, as Rajaa Alsanea has discovered
with her debut novel, Girls of Riyadh,
an exposé of life behind the veil.
5-7-2007
Japan's
Pink Kink A new
book offers a rare and unique look into a world
that few outsiders will ever glimpse
Sexy
is the word Sex is its inspiration, but
there's more than titillation in Andy Quan's
latest work
Sex and the Muslim girl There is
no way that Selin Tamtekin could be described as even
remotely low-life. Immaculate, groomed to perfection,
she walks towards me on perfectly unscuffed heels,
without a gleaming hair out of place or a single
microfibre of dust on her pristine white shirt.
14-11-2007
Ladies first in Japanese love hotels The love-hotel industry is one of Japan's
most profitable. It accounts for more than ¥4 trillion a
year, a figure nearly four times than that of the profit
of Toyota Motors, double that of the anime market, and a
trillion yen more than the annual takings of the Japan
Racing Association. 30-8-2007
From profession to prostitution Prince Genji was apparently among the few
to resist the charms of those bands of young women who
made a living by offering themselves. Upon seeing such a
group at Sumiyoshi Shrine, the hero of the "The Tale of
Genji" agreed that there were a number of courtiers who
might find them interesting but that he was after bigger
game and saw no advantage "to getting oneself in a
casual affair with someone a bit inconstant.".
24-12-2006
Oh, oh Tokyo! 'Sometimes, when
I'm staring down a room of Japanese
stewardesses-in-training, looking across a sea of shiny
black coifs, a chorus line of stockinged legs, knees
together, toes to the side, when I'm chanting 'Sir, you
are endangering yourself and other passengers!' I think
I should have let my brother stab me.
6-6-2006
Fear and loathing in Tokyo today Otto van Bismarck quipped that the
crafting of laws, like sausage making, does not bear
watching. Certainly both can be messy and
disillusioning, but David Leheny, in probing the
discourse surrounding some recent laws in Japan,
demonstrates just how important and revealing it is to
examine the process. 1-8-2006
'The Rice Queen Diaries' A
definition from the book: "The term 'Rice Queen' is a product of
contemporary western gay vernacular. It refers to a man, usually Caucasian, who
is sexually attracted to men of Far East Asian origins.. ..It's most often a
pejorative label that denotes ethnic fetishism and a preference for
relationships based on inequality."22-12-2005
Indian prostitute sparks storm with book This attractive, largely uneducated
mother of two is a best-selling author and prostitute
whose outspoken views of sex work as a career choice
have stirred controversy in conservative India.
16-12-2005
Sexy, naughty, raunchy things In
looking at a recent book from the west, one journalist
cites it's usefullness in giving Muslims, especially
women, a look at women in the west, as eastern culture
is increasingly influenced and pushed in that
direction.
Desilicious - Sexuality in South Asia Cue the collective groan of displeasure.
It's a known fact that Asians are sick and tired of
being sexually misrepresented from one extreme of the
sexual continuum to the other. As a result of their
collective frustration at the dearth of stories about
'real brown folks getting down', the new project was
born that became Desilicious - the first-ever published
anthology of contemporary South Asian erotic literature.
4-10-2005
Exploring Singapore's Invisible Trade Welcome to the very real, largely hidden,
and often surreal world of high-class sex for sale in
Singapore, where the sexual desires of this tiny island
run the gamut from simple missionary zeal to the
cracking of the whip. Never before have outsiders been
offered such a fascinating look into the weird and
wonderful, delightful and sometimes depraved world of
five-star, high-class prostitutes that operate in
Singapores flourishing sex trade.
1-7-2005
Japanese youth: With a rebel yell
Japanese youth culture has long embraced bizarre fashion, subversive comics and
sexual graffiti. Now a new wave of violent female fiction
is causing shockwaves. Author Hitomi Kanehara smashes the boundries of conventional feminity in
her novel 'Snakes and Earrings'.
Banned in Beijing: Diary of a bored and spoiled brat More than 100,000 copies of Beijing
Doll were sold in China within the first few weeks of
its publication in May 2002. The book gave birth to
a cult following among disaffected Chinese youth who identified with the sentiments of
author Chun Sue, then 17.
Bittersweet
Sex That good, healthy,
natural sex is a joy, is a sentiment I subscribe to
with all my heart and body. But every now and again
I also love to get away from the 'meat and
two veg' aspect of quotidien sex and indulge myself in a meal that
is exotic, hot and spicy.
The politics of sex: How a government stays on top Philosopher Michael Foucault has
written that sexuality is the most useful tool in any power
relationship. It is adaptable to the greatest number of maneuvers and
is capable of serving as support for the most varied
strategies. As such it has long been used by most governments in their
efforts to stay on top.
Orientalia:
Sex in Asia Sexual tourism is a
red-hot button on the scale of politically correct
travel. While ostensibly aboutpleasure, jetting off to partake in exotic, erotic
smorgasbords for a price is an activity that taps directly
into deeply ingrained perceptions of gender, race and uncomfortable global intercourse between First,
Second and Third World cultures.
