"Through her books, lectures, and film shows, Susie has inspired a new public discussion on eroticism and sexual politics, particularly in the areas of the changing roles of women and men, erotic illiteracy, sexual liberation, and erotic identity in the 90s. The New York Times Book Review says, 'Ms. Bright is the voice of sweet reason and literacy', in the field of erotica, and The Millenium Whole Earth Catalog calls her, 'a national treasure right up there with the Grand Canyon, the battlefield at Gettysburg, the Okefenokee Swamp, and the Smithsonian's Nancy Reagan Memorial Dress Collection.'

"Susie's work is shaped by both her unparalleled style and insight into contemporary sexuality. In Susie Bright's Sexual Reality: A Virtual Sex World Reader , Susie Sexpert's Lesbian Sex World, and SexWise she has collected her extraordinary, explicit essays on sex, power, and culture. Her photo anthology, Nothing But The Girl: The Blatant Lesbian Image, is the first portfolio and history ever published of lesbian erotic photographers.

"Susie is also the editor and founder of the most talked about collection of women's erotic fiction ever -- Herotica . Herotica enjoyed such success that Herotica II and III quickly followed.

"Bright is also the annual series editor of the best-selling Best American Erotica (Simon and Schuster, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997), which has redifined the erotic literary genre.

"An outspoken advocate of sexual liberation since adolescence, Susie's involvement in sexual politics has mushroomed ever since. In 1981, she began working at Good Vibrations, San Francisco's one-of-a-kind vibrator and sex toy shop, where she created the first progressive feminist erotic video library. In the role that brought her national attention, Susie co-founded and served as the charismatic editor of On Our Backs from 1984-1990. A magazine for the 'adventurous lesbian', it changed the course of lesbian and feminist publishing.

"Radical feminist, sex-positive educator, pornography advocate: Susie Bright confounds the notion that to be a politically conscious woman requires an anti-pornography stance. Bright, who has been dubbed the Pauline Kael of porn, is one of the best known sex writers in America. Political, philosophical, and funny, Susie Bright sets out to cure our erotic illiteracy.

"Susie became Penthouse Forum's female X-rated film critic in 1986, and was immediately dubbed 'the Pauline Kael of porn' by the San Francisco Examiner. Her voice has given credibility to her audience's desire for authentic and creative sexual entertainment that appeals to both genders' erotic appetites and intellects. Her touring movie clip shows and classes on 'How to Read a Dirty Movie' have become a cult legend of erotic education and controversy, and have been made into an HBO special.

"Susie has worked on two erotic feature films, co-writing a script with Lizzie Borden for the feature, 'Erotique' (Group One, 1994) and consulting and providing a cameo on the soon to be released 'Bound' (directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski; produced by Dino DeLaurentis).

"Susie currently lives in the Bay Area with her five year old daughter, Aretha." [agency bumpf, Worley Shoemaker Management, July 1996... tel: 815- 444 9996... fax: 816- 444 5426... e-mail: Jworley@aol.com]

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