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Booklist ♥ favourites

Sexual Health

♥ The Boston Women’s Health Collective (2011). Our Bodies Ourselves. New York, NY: Touchstone.

Foley, Sallie, Kope, Sally A. & Sugrue, Dennis P. (2002). Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self. New York, NY: The Gilford Press.

Kaschak, Ellyn & Tiefer, Leonore (Ed.) (2001). A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems. New York, NY: Hawthorne Press Inc.

McCarthy, Barry & McCarthy, Emily (1998). Male Sexual Awareness. Da Capo Press.

Northrup, Dr. Christiane (1998). Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing. New York, NY: Bantam Books.

Roach, Mary (2009). Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. WW Norton.

Written for Women by Women (2009). Women’s Health for Life: Symptoms, Treatment, Prevention. New York, NY: DK Publishing.

Mind & Body

Ephron, Nora (2006). I Feel Bad About my Neck: and other thoughts on being a Woman. New York, NY: Heartburn Press.

Eve Ensler (2004). The Good Body. New York, NY: Villard Books.

Eve Ensler (2010) I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Lives of Girls Around the World. New York, NY: Villard.

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♥ Federation of Feminist Women’s Health Centres (1991). A New View of a Woman’s Body: A fully illustrated guide. Los Angeles, California: Feminist Health Press.

Friedman, Jaclyn (2011). What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girls Guide to sex and safety. Seal Press.

Muscio, Inga (2002). Cunt: a declaration of independence. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press.

Richardson, Brenda Lane & Rehr, Elane (2001). 101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.

Spencer, Mimi (2009). 101 Things to do Before You Diet: because looking great isn’t just about losing weight. Toronto, Ontario: Penguin Group Canada.

Vulvas & Vaginas

Blackledge, Catherine (2003). The Story of V: Opening Pandora’s Box. Great Britain: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

Blank, Joani (1993). Femalia. San Francisco, CA: Down There Press. *A book of Vulva Photography

Corinne, Tee (1981). Cunt Colouring Book. San Francisco, CA: Last Gasp of San Francisco. *A book of Vulva colouring pages

Ensler, Eve (2001). The Vagina Monologues. New York, NY: Villard Books.

♥ Karras, Nick (2003). Petals. Korea, Crystal River Publishing. * to order this book of Vulva photography go to www.nickkarras.com

♥ Livoti, Carol & Topp, Elizabeth (2004). Vaginas: An Owner’s Manual. New York, NY: Thunder’s Mouth Press.

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♥ Rankin, Lissa (2010). What’s Up Down There? Questions you’d only ask your Gynecoogist if she was your best friend. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press.

♥ Robertson, Wrenna & Huisman, Katie (2011). I’ll Show You Mine. Vancouver, British Columbia: Show Off Books Inc.*a book of Vulva Photography

♥ Stewart, Dr. Elizabeth & Spencer, Paula (2002). The V Book: A Doctor’s Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health. New York, NY: Bantam Books.

♥ Winston, Sheri (2011). Women’s Anatomy of Arousal. Mango Garden Press.

The Penis

Friedman, David M. (2003). A Mind of its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

Gore, Margaret (1997). The Penis Book. Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Moore, Michele & de Costa, Caroline (2003). Dick: A User’s Guide. New York, NY: Marlowe & Company.

Paley, Maggie (1999). The Book of the Penis. New York, NY: Grove Press.

Parsons, Alexandra (1989). Facts and Phalluses: A collection of bizarre and intriguing truths, legends and measurements. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press.

Pleasure

Chalker, Rebecca (2000). The Clitoral Truth: The Secret World at your Fingertips. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press.

♥ Dodson, Betty (1996). Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press.

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Dodson, Betty (2002). Orgasms for Two: The Joy of Partnersex. New York, NY: Harmony Books.

Kahn Ladas, Alice, Whipple, Beverly & Perry, John D. (2005). The G-spot and other Discoveries about Human Sexuality. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company.

Maines, Rachel P. (1999). The Technology of Orgasm: Hysteria, the Vibrator, and Women’s Sexual Satisfaction. Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins University Press.

Ogden, Gina (1999). Women Who Love Sex: An Inquiry into the Expanding Spirit of Women’s Erotic Experience. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Womanspirit Press.

Sundahl, Deborah (2003). Female Ejaculation & the G-Spot: not your mother’s orgasm book! Alameda, CA: Hunter House Inc.

Waxman, Jamye (2007). Getting Off: A Woman’s Guide to Masturbation. Eneryville, CA: Seal Press.

Winks, Cathy & Semans, Anne (2002). The New Good Vibrations Guide to Sex: Tips and techniques from America’s most favourite sex toy store. San Francisco, CA: Cleis Press.

Pregnancy & Fertility

The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (2008). Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Inc.

Cassidy, Tina (2007). Birth: The Surprising History of How we are Born. Grove Press.

Druckman, Pamela (2012). Bringing Up Bebe: One American Woman Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting. Penguin Press.

England, Pam & Horowitz, Rob (1998). Birthing From Within. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Partera Press.

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Freedman, Rory & Barnouin, Kim (2008). Skinny Bitch Bun in the Oven: A Gutsy Guide to Becoming One Hot and Healthy Mother! Philadelphia, PA: Running Press Book Publishers. **this book is for women who are Vegan and pregnant

Simkin, Penny (2008). The Birth Partner (3rd edition). Boston, Massachusetts: The Harvard Common Press.

Singer, Katie (2004). The Garden of Fertility: A guide to charting your fertility signals to prevent or achieve pregnancy naturally and to gauge your reproductive health. Avery Publishing Group.

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (2009). Healthy Beginnings: Giving your baby the best start, from preconception to birth (4th edition). Mississauga, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd.

Stone, Joanne & Eddleman, Keith (2008). The Pregnancy Bible: Your Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Early Parenthood (2nd edition). Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books.

♥ Weschler, Toni (2006). Taking Charge of your Fertility. The definitive guide to natural birth control, pregnancy achievement, and reproductive health. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

Breastfeeding & Breasts

La, Leche (2004). Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. Toronto, Ontario: Penguin Books Canada.

Love, Dr. Susan & Lindsey, Karen (2010). Doctor Susan Love’s Breast Book. Da Capo Press.

Newman, Jack & Pitman, Teresa (2009). Dr. Jack Newman’s Guide to Breastfeeding. Toronto, Ontario: Collins Canada.

Newton, Edward & Mohrbacher, Nancy & Stock, Julie (2002). The Breastfeeding Answer Book (3rd edition). Schaumburg, Illinois: La Leche League International.

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Renfrew, Mary & Fisher, Chloe & Arms, Suzanne (2004). Bestfeeding. Berkley, California: Celestial Arts.

Squires, Elizabeth (2007). Boobs: A Guide to Your Girls. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press.

Aging & Menopause

Wingert, Pat & Kantrowitz, Barbara (2006). Is it Hot in Here? Or is it Just Me? The Complete Guide to Menopause. New York, NY: Workman Publishing Company.

Northrup, Dr. Christiane (2006). The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change. New York, NY: Bantam Books.

Northrup, Dr. Christiane (2008). The Secret Pleasures of Menopause. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House.

Randall, Donna Faye (2013). Menopause or Lunacy… that is the question. Balboa Press.

Politics & the Construction of Sexuality & Gender

Bornstein, Kate (1998). My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, A Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely. New York, NY: Routledge.

Fausto-Sterling, Anne (2000). Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality. New York, NY: Basic Books.

Friedman, Jaclyn & Valenti, Jessica (2008). Yes Means Yes! Visions of female sexual power & a world without rape. Seal Press.

Green, Jamison (2004). Becoming a Visible Man. Vanderbilt University Press.

Ince, John (2003). The Politics of Lust. Vancouver, BC: Pivotal Books.

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Katz, Jackson (2006). The Macho Paradox: Why some men hurt women and how all men can help. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Inc.

O’Keefe, Tracie & Fox, Katrina (2003). Finding the Real Me: True tales of sex and gender diversity. Jossey-Bass.

Queen, Carol. & Schimel, Lawrence. (Eds.) (1997). Pomosexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality. San Fransisco, CA: Cleis Press.

Serano, Julia (2007). Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Seal Press.

Shrage, Laurie (2009). “You’ve Changed”: Sex Reassignment and Personal Identity. Oxford.

Teaching Children and Adolescents about Sexual Health & Sexuality

Couwenhoven, Terri (2007). Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about Their Bodies, Boundaries and Sexuality. Woodbine House.

♥ Haffner, Debra W. (2008). From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children from Infancy to Middle School. New York, NY: Newmarket Press.

♥ Haffner, Debra W. (2008). Beyond the Big Talk: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens – From Middle School to High School and Beyond. New Market Press.

♥ Haffner, Debra W. (2008). What Every 21st Century Parent Needs to Know: Facing Today’s Challenges with Wisdom and Heart. New Market Press.

Hartman, Davida (2013). Sexuality and Relationship Education for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Professionals guide to understanding, preventing issues, supporting sexuality and responding to inappropriate behaviours. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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Hickling, Meg (2006). The New Speaking of Sex: What your children need to know and when they need to know it. Kelowna, BC: Northstone.

♥ Hingsburger, David (1995). Just Say Know! Understanding and reducing the risk of sexual victimization of people with developmental disabilities. Diverse City Press.

Levine, Judith (2002). Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex. University of Minnesota Press.

Levine, Diane & Kilbourne, Jean (2008). So Sexy, So Soon: The new sexualized childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids. New York: Ballantine Books.

Melberg Schwier, Karin & Hingsburger, David (2000). Sexuality: Your Sons and Daughters with Intellectual Disabilities. Jessica Kingsley Publisher.

Roffman, Deborah (2012). Talk to Me First: Everything you need to know to become your kids “go-to” person about Sex. Da Capo Lifelong Books.

Roffman, Deborah (2002). But How’d I Get in There in the First Place? Talking to Your Young Child About Sex. Da Capo Press.

Roffman, Deborah (2001). Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parents Guide toTalking Sense about Sex. Da Capo Press.

Schaefer, Charles E. & Foy DiGeronimo (1992). How to Talk to Your Kids about Really Important Things: Specific Questions and Answers and Useful things to Say. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Schwartz, Pepper & Dominic Cappello. (2000). Ten Talks Parents Must Have with their Children about Sex and Character. Hyperion.

Tellier, Pierre & Fariello, Chris (2010). 99 Things Parents Wish they knew Before having “The” Talk. Documeant Publishing.

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Other Mountains to Climb

♥ Ballweg, Mary Lou & the Endometriosis Society (2002). The Endometriosis Sourcebook: The definitive guide to current treatment options, the latest research, common myths about the disease, and coping strategies – both physical and emotional. Chicago, Illinois: Contemporary Books.

♥ Ballweg, Mary Lou & the Endometriosis Society (2004). Endometriosis: The Complete Reference for Taking Charge of your Health. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Brown, Debi (2013). The Aspie Girl’s Guide to Being Safe with Men: The unwritten safety rules no-one is telling you. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Cawthorne, Jane (2008). The Abortion Monologues. Canada. www.abortionmonologues.com

Cohen, Deborah & Gelfand, Robert (2002). Just Get Me Through This: A Practical Guide to Dealing with Breast Cancer. New York, NY: Kensington Books.

Cooke, Kaz & Trickey, Ruth (2002). ENDOmetriosis: Natural and Medical solutions. Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Dunham, Lena (2014). Not That Kind of Girl: A young woman tells you what she’d “learned.” Doubleday Canada.

El Feki, Shereen (2013). Sex and the Citadel: Intimate life in a changing Arab World. Random House of Canada Limited.

Ensler, Eve (2010). I am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Lives of Girls Around the World. New York, NY: Villard.

Hendrickx, Sarah (2008). Love, Sex and Long Term Relationships: What people with Asperger’s Syndrome really really want. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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♥ Kaufman, Miriam, Silverberg, Cory & Odette, Fran (2007). The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For all of us that live with disabilities, chronic pain and illness. San Francisco, CA: Cleis Press Inc.

Simone, Rudy (2010). Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Steward, Robyn (2014). The Independent Woman’s Handbook for Super Safe Living on the Autistic Spectrum. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

BDSM & Kink

Addington, Deborah (1997). A Hand in the Bush: The fine art of Vaginal Fisting. San Francisco, CA: Greenery Press.

Baldwin, Guy (1993). Ties that Bind: SM/Leather/Fetish/Erotic Style, Issues, Commentaries and Advice. Los Angeles CA: Daedalus Publishing Company.

Brame, Gloria G. (2000). Come Hither: A Common Sense Guide to Kinky Sex. New York, NY: Fireside.

Brame, Gloria G., Brame, William D. & Jacobs, Jon (1993). Different Loving: The World of Sexual Dominance & Submission. Toronto, ON: Random House of Canada Ltd.

Easton, Dossie & Hardy, Janet W. (2001). The New Bottoming Book. Emeryville, CA: Greenery Press.

Easton, Dossie & Hardy, Janet W. (2003). The New Topping Book. Oakville, CA: Greenery Press.

Hardy, Janet W. (1996). The Complete Spanker. Emeryville, CA: Greenery Press.

Jacques, Trevor (1993). On the Safe Edge: A Manual for SM Play. Toronto, ON: WholeSM Publishing Corporation.

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Kleinplatz, Peggy & Moser, Charles (2006). Sadomasochism: Powerful Pleasures. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press Inc.

Miller, P. & Devon, M. ( 1988) Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism. Mystic Rose Books.

Mistress Lorelei (2000). The Mistress Manual: The good girl’s guide to female dominance. Emeryville, CA: Greenery Press.

Steele, Valerie (1996). Fetish: Fashion, Sex & Power. Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press.

Fiction

Atwood, Margaret (1985). The Handmaid’s Tale. Toronto, Ontario: Seal Books.

Badami, Anita Rau (2011). Tell it to the Trees. Toronto, Ontario: Alfred A. Knopf Canada.

Bohjalian, Chris (1997). Midwives. Toronto, Ontario: Random House of Canada.

Bohjalian, Chris (2000). Trans-Sister Radio. Toronto, Ontario: Random House of Canada.

DeSoto, Lewis (2003). A Blade of Grass. Toronto Ontario: Harper Collins Publishers Limited.

♥ Diamant, Anita (1997). The Red Tent. New York, NY: Picador.

Edwards, Kim (2005). The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

Eugenides, Jeffrey (2002). Middlesex. Toronto, Ontario; Random House of Canada.

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Feinberg, Leslie (1993). Stone Butch Blues. New York, NY: Firebrand Books.

Golden, Arthur (1997). Memoirs of a Geisha. Toronto, Ontario: Vintage Canada.

Gowda, Shilpi Somaya (2010). Secret Daughter. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1850). The Scarlet Letter. London, England: Arcturus Publishing Ltd.

♥ Hill, Lawrence (2007). The Book of Negroes. Toronto, Ontario: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.

♥ Hosseini, Khaled (2007). A Thousand Splendid Suns. Toronto, Ontario: Penguin Group Canada.

♥ Irving, John (1985). The Cider House Rules. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.

Janzen, Rhoda (2009). Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home. New York, NY: Holt Publishing.

Kaysen, Susanna (1993). Girl Interrupted. New York, NY: Vintage Books.

Kaysen, Susana (2001). The Camera My Mother Gave Me. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.

Kent, Kathleen (2008). The Heretics Daughter. New York, NY: Back Bay Books.

Lahiri, Jhumpa (2003). The Namesake. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Lamb, Wally (1998). She’s Come Undone. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Inc.

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♥ MacDonald, Ann-Marie (1996). Fall on Your Knees. Toronto, Ontario: Knopf Canada.

♥ Maguire, Gregory (1995). Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.

McEwan, Ian (2001). Atonement. Toronto, Ontario: Random House of Canada Limited.

♥ McKay, Ami (2006). The Birth House. Toronto, Ontario: Random House of Canada Limited.

McKay, Ami (2011). The Virgin Cure. Toronto, Ontario: Knopf Canada

Morrison, Toni (1987). Beloved. New York, NY: Penguin Group.

Picoult, Jodi (2004). My Sister’s Keeper. New York, NY: Washington Square Press.

Proulx, Annie (1997). Brokeback Mountain. New York, NY: Scribner.

Rich, Roberta (2011). The Midwife of Venice. Canada: Random House of Canada.

Rich, Roberta (2013). The Harem Midwife. Doubleday Canada.

Sapphire (1996). Precious. Toronto, Ontario: Random House of Canada.

♥ Shriver, Lionel (2003). We Need to Talk About Kevin. New York, NY: Harper Perennial.

Sidhwa, Bapsi (2006). Water. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books Limited.

Tan, Amy (1989). The Joy Luck Club. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

Walker, Alice (1982). The Colour Purple. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

♥ Walker, Alice (1992). Possessing the Secret of Joy. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace & Company.

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Winter, Kathleen (2010). Annabel. Scarborough, Ontario; Harper Collins Canada Ltd.

Non - Fiction

Ali, Nujood & Minoui, Delphine (2010). I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced. New York, NY: Broadway Paperbacks.

Angell, Jeanette (2004). Call Girl: Confessions of an Ivy League Lady of Pleasure. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

Barstow, Anne Llewellyn (1994). Witchcraze: A new History of the European Witch Hunts. San Francisco, CA: Pandora.

Chang, Jung (1991). Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China: A Memoir. New York, NY: Doubleday.

♥ Colapinto, John (2001). As Nature Made Him: The Boy who was raised as a Girl. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishing.

De Jour, Belle (2005). The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl. Great Britain: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

Doe, Jane (2003). The Story of Jane Doe: A book about Rape. Toronto, Ontario: Vintage Canada.

Gilbert, Elizabeth (2006). Eat, Pray, Love: A Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

Hollander, Xaviera (1972). The Happy Hooker. New York, NY: Dell Pub Co.

Howey, Noelle (2002). Dress Codes: Of three girlhoods - My Mother's, My Father's and Mine. New York, NY: Picador.

Jacob, Krista (2006). Abortion Under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press.

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Millet, Katherine (2003). The Sexual Life of Katherine M. New York, NY: Grove Press.

Mortenson, Greg & Relin, David Oliver (2006). Three Cups of Tea: One man’s mission to promote peace one school at a time. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

♥ Nafisi, Azar (2003). Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books. New York, NY: Random House Trade Paperbacks.

Nemat, Marina (2007). Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir. Toronto, Ontario: Penguin Group.

Vilar, Irene (2009). Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict. New York, NY: Other Press. .

♥ Wicklund, Susan (2007). This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor. New York, NY: Public Affairs.

Worth, Jennifer (2012, 2013). Call the Midwife: A Triology; A memoir of birth, joy and hard times; Shadows of the workhouse, Farewell to the East End. Ecco.

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Films about Empowerment and Sexuality

The Accused Memoirs of a Geisha After Tiller Milk A League of Their Own Million Dollar Baby Better Than Chocolate Mona Lisa Smile Boys Don’t Cry Monster Boys on the Side My Sister’s Keeper Calendar Girls North Country The Cider House Rules Not Without My Daughter Cloudburst Obvious Child The Colour Purple The People vs Larry Flint Crash Philadelphia The Dallas Buyers Club Precious Dirty Dancing Riding in Cars with Boys Erin Brockovich The Secretary Enough The Sessions Fire Short Bus The First Wives Club Sleeping with the Enemy Frida Steel Magnolias Fried Green Tomatoes Thelma and Louise G.I. Jane Tough Guise Girlfight Transamerica Hedwig and the Angry Inch The Vagina Monologues The Help Vera Drake How Stella Got her Groove Back Waiting to Exhale If These Walls Could Talk I and II Waitress The Joy Luck Club Water (Subtitles) Juno What’s Love Got to Do with It? Kids Where the Heart Is Killing Us Softly 4 Whip It Kinky Boots The Women Kinsey Young People Fucking

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