JANET W. HARDY is the author of more than 10 books and founder of Greenery Press, a San Francisco Bay Area book publisher specializing in sexually adventurous books. She swore off monogamy in 1987.
THE AUTHOR SCOOP
Do you eat your vegetables?
Yes, but I'd rather steal your dessert.
Have any good pet stories?
My dear Amy - a gigantic shaggy lab/poodle mix who went to doggie
heaven last summer - is still the stuff of legend in San
Francisco's alt-sex scene. One evening, she wandered into the room
during a bondage demo: a sweetie of ours was modeling a spreadeagle
pose. Amy took one look at her beloved auntie and immediately
flopped down next to her on her back, all four legs spread out in
the identical pose, as the room dissolved in hysterics and Auntie
sat up, rubbing her wrists indignantly, and sputtered, "Upstaged by
a fucking dog!"
Are you "six degrees of separation" away from anyone
famous?
Distantly related to Clement C. Moore, author of The Night Before
Christmas.
Do you have a scar anywhere on your body? How did you get
it?
A stylized elephant branded on my right calf, put there by Fakir
Musafar. Elephants are large, smart and matriarchal - hence, my
totem.
What was your favorite birthday?
Ah, this is a good one... my 35th, the year my two main squeezes at
the time took a cabin at Sea Ranch for my birthday and we spent the
weekend mushroom-hunting, binge-eating and fucking.
Name a favorite dish that your mother used to make.
"Israeli salad," which she learned to make when she was
trapshooting on the American team in the Maccabiah Games, the
Jewish olympics. A chopped salad made with tomatoes, cukes,
hard-boiled eggs, bell peppers, etc., and tossed with olive oil and
lemon juice.
What is your favorite thing about being an author?
Spelunking in my own brain.
DOSSIE EASTON is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in alternative sexualities and open relationships. She is the author of four other books. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been an ethical slut since 1969.
"This book is the definitive guide to having your marriage and
eating other people too. The Ethical Slut made me the ethical slut
I am today, and I am so proud!"
--Margaret Cho, comedian and author of I'm the One That I Want "The
Ethical Slut is one of the most useful relationship books you could
ever read, no matter what your lifestyle choices. It''s chock-full
of great information about communication, jealousy, asking for what
you want, and maintaining a relationship with integrity. An
absolute masterpiece and a must-read!"
--Annie Sprinkle, PhD, sexologist and author of Dr. Sprinkle's
Spectacular Sex "Many people wish for and dream of a wider world
sexually and live out their lives unable to find the courage to
explore. This book is a thoughtful, practical, and loving look at
that exploration."
--David Crosby, musician and author of Since Then "The Ethical
Slut, in this new and expanded edition, is the definitive guide for
creating and sustaining all conscious relationships'Aipolyamorous,
open, alternative, and monogamous. Don't enter into another
relationship without it!"
--Barbara Carrellas, author of Urban Tantra "Dossie and Janet's
blend of good humor and forthright honesty makes for some of the
best writing I have found on sexually complicated relationships and
blended family options. Engaging, disarming, forthright' this is
the book for those of us still brave enough to make the ethically
complex choices."
--Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina "A useful
guidebook for radical relationship travelers . . . experienced
counsel to those on the polysexual frontier."
--Ryam Nearing, Loving More magazine "A post-graduate course in
ethical relationships of every stripe. The authors pull no punches
and are totally outrageous. . . . You'll never be bored."
--Stan Dale, DHS, founder of the Human Awareness Institute "Frank,
funny, and full of practical advice . . . life-saving validation,
empathy, and plenty of insider tips from the experienced big
sisters you probably weren't fortunate enough to have."
--Deborah Anapol, PhD, author of Polyamory: The New Love without
Limits
-This book is the definitive guide to having your marriage and
eating other people too. The Ethical Slut made me the ethical slut
I am today, and I am so proud!---Margaret Cho, comedian and author
of I'm the One That I Want
-The Ethical Slut is one of the most useful relationship books you
could ever read, no matter what your lifestyle choices. It''s
chock-full of great information about communication, jealousy,
asking for what you want, and maintaining a relationship with
integrity. An absolute masterpiece and a must-read!---Annie
Sprinkle, PhD, sexologist and author of Dr. Sprinkle's Spectacular
Sex
-Many people wish for and dream of a wider world sexually and live
out their lives unable to find the courage to explore. This book is
a thoughtful, practical, and loving look at that
exploration.---David Crosby, musician and author of Since Then
-The Ethical Slut, in this new and expanded edition, is the
definitive guide for creating and sustaining all conscious
relationships'Aipolyamorous, open, alternative, and monogamous.
Don't enter into another relationship without it!---Barbara
Carrellas, author of Urban Tantra
-Dossie and Janet's blend of good humor and forthright honesty
makes for some of the best writing I have found on sexually
complicated relationships and blended family options. Engaging,
disarming, forthright' this is the book for those of us still brave
enough to make the ethically complex choices.- --Dorothy Allison,
author of Bastard Out of Carolina
-A useful guidebook for radical relationship travelers . . .
experienced counsel to those on the polysexual frontier.- --Ryam
Nearing, Loving More magazine
-A post-graduate course in ethical relationships of every stripe.
The authors pull no punches and are totally outrageous. . . .
You'll never be bored.- --Stan Dale, DHS, founder of the Human
Awareness Institute
-Frank, funny, and full of practical advice . . . life-saving
validation, empathy, and plenty of insider tips from the
experienced big sisters you probably weren't fortunate enough to
have.- --Deborah Anapol, PhD, author of Polyamory: The New Love
without Limits
"This book is the definitive guide to having your marriage and
eating other people too. The Ethical Slut made me the ethical slut
I am today, and I am so proud! --Margaret Cho, comedian and author
of I m the One That I Want
The Ethical Slut is one of the most useful relationship books you
could ever read, no matter what your lifestyle choices. It s
chock-full of great information about communication, jealousy,
asking for what you want, and maintaining a relationship with
integrity. An absolute masterpiece and a must-read! --Annie
Sprinkle, PhD, sexologist and author of Dr. Sprinkle's Spectacular
Sex
Many people wish for and dream of a wider world sexually and live
out their lives unable to find the courage to explore. This book is
a thoughtful, practical, and loving look at that exploration.
--David Crosby, musician and author of Since Then
The Ethical Slut, in this new and expanded edition, is the
definitive guide for creating and sustaining all conscious
relationships Aipolyamorous, open, alternative, and monogamous. Don
t enter into another relationship without it! --Barbara Carrellas,
author of Urban Tantra
Dossie and Janet s blend of good humor and forthright honesty makes
for some of the best writing I have found on sexually complicated
relationships and blended family options. Engaging, disarming,
forthright this is the book for those of us still brave enough to
make the ethically complex choices. --Dorothy Allison, author of
Bastard Out of Carolina
A useful guidebook for radical relationship travelers . . .
experienced counsel to those on the polysexual frontier. --Ryam
Nearing, Loving More magazine
A post-graduate course in ethical relationships of every stripe.
The authors pull no punches and are totally outrageous. . . . You
ll never be bored. --Stan Dale, DHS, founder of the Human Awareness
Institute
Frank, funny, and full of practical advice . . . life-saving
validation, empathy, and plenty of insider tips from the
experienced big sisters you probably weren t fortunate enough to
have. --Deborah Anapol, PhD, author of Polyamory: The New Love
without Limits"
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