PORNOLOGY: Noun-1: A Good Girl's Guide to Porn; 2: The Misadventures of the World's First AnthroPORNologist; 3: A Hilarious Exploration of Men, Relationships, and Sex

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Overview

When Ayn Carrillo-Gailey confronted her boyfriend about his porn habit, he pronounced her "pornophobic." Determined to prove she wasn't phobic, simply more enlightened, Ayn set out to learn all she could about this phenomenon. Like any good researcher, she added her new quest to her daily To-Do list:

1-Drop off dry cleaning
2-Call Mom
3-Visit sex toy store on Melrose
Acting as an amateur anthropologist introduced Ayn to a world populated by everyday people. Her quest aroused the curiosity of her female friends: her knitting group quickly turned into informal information sessions, as the women-single or married, involved or not-were desperate for information.

* What does XXX mean vs. un-rated?
* What's the difference between topless dancers and strip clubs?
* Why is some of it actually not that stimulating? And why are men obsessed with it?
Along the way, Ayn ditched the porn-obsessed boyfriend, and learned that one should not try to make change from a stripper's G-string tips, nor is the Hustler store the best place to make a first impression on a hot guy. Pornology is the result of one woman's quest to pierce the veil that modestly covers something many women actually want to know about. Suprising, hilarious, informative, and ultimately non-judgmental, this narrative is one readers won't put down-once they admit they're curious enough to pick it up!

Editorial Reviews

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Carrillo-Gailey's writing style is breezy and humorous. . . . PORNOLOGY is good for 230 amusement.
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"The writing is fresh and so freaking funny I was laughing out loud at times."
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Zink
A hilarious exploration into the male psyche.
Publishers Weekly

Carrillo-Gailey is just the latest in a decade-long string of women writers (e.g., Lisa Palac and her 1997 memoir, The Edge of the Bed, for starters) to run with the idea that "good girls" don't need to be afraid of pornography. The concept isn't particularly original, and neither is its execution. After a boyfriend accuses her of being "pornophobic," the Los Angeles screenwriter picks up some erotica in a bookshop, begins masturbating, then breaks up with the boyfriend after a misguided visit to a strip club. The story of how she finds, loses and recaptures her next lover unfolds through a series of implausible anecdotes (beginning with an awkward encounter at Hustler's sex toy shop) populated by a sitcom-perfect cast of supporting characters, including the promiscuous best friend, the gay buddy—even a nearsighted Chinese mother prone to comic malapropisms. Carrillo-Gailey insists all the porn-related material is true, but concedes that some situations have been "altered for dramatic purposes," and the increasingly outlandish nature of those embellishments raises questions about the other passages. On the other hand, they do liven up her banal discoveries: vibrators can be fun, Playboyisn't even that smutty and so on in this uninspired fairy tale. (Apr.)

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Sex education has finally advanced beyond the basic plumbing lessons you had in eighth grade, thanks to this book by Carrillo-Gailey, a columnist for Tu Ciudadmagazine. Accused by her boyfriend of being "pornophobic," Carrillo-Gailey set out to justify her opinion that porn is antifeminist and misogynistic. With a little help from her knitting-group friends, the Naughty Knitters (not your grandma's knitting group), she made a porn to-do list. She then systematically investigated everything from soft-core erotica to the Chicken Ranch, the famous house of prostitution in Las Vegas, which she visited in person. In the process, she fell in love with a guy she met—where else?—in a sex shop. Skillfully blending memoir and investigative journalism, Carrillo-Gailey tells her story with hilarious, self-deprecating wit and extreme honesty, giving all the explicit details without ever being obscene. After her rollicking journey, she comes to understand that porn and other sexual adventures can be part of a normal, healthy sex life. Recommended for public libraries.
—Renee Axtell

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780762427741
  • Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
  • Publication date: 4/3/2007
  • Pages: 240
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Table of Contents


Introduction     5
Generation XXX     8
You Glow, Girl     21
An Anthropornologist on Mars     33
Got Porn?     48
This Is Not Your Mother's Tupperware Party     61
What's Love Got to Do with It?     88
"L" Is for Lube like You Mean It     112
Here Comes the SeXXXpert     129
Till Porn Do Us Part     156
What Goes Around Cums Around     178
Grandmas Gone Wild     190
Stripgeez     205
What's So Funny About Porn, Love, & Understanding?     231
Resources     239
Acknowledgments     240
About the Author     240

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 15, 2007

    Who knew Porn could be Funny?

    I picked this book up at BEA in May. Josh and I were standing in line for a Harlequin signing of Thriller, when he spotted the girl in front of us reading it. The title had caught his eye (hey, he IS a guy after all) and so I tapped her on the shoulder and asked which book she¿d gotten it from (with several thousand booths there, the chances of finding it on my own were slim, at best). She very kindly directed me to Running Press¿s booth and once we ran the gamut of authors at the Thriller signing, we headed in that direction. Boy, am I glad we did. As part of this month¿s non- romance challenge, I¿ve been trying to read some of the BEA books I brought back. For some reason, I grabbed this one off the pile yesterday morning. And couldn¿t put it down. In fact, when Josh came home and offered to take me out for a seafood dinner, which I¿ve been craving, I almost said no because I wanted to finish the book. I was starving and seafood sounded good, but I didn¿t want to leave the couch¿I wanted to keep reading! Josh did eventually drag me off the couch, and we went to dinner and out for drinks (Brianna spent the night at my in-laws again last night and it¿s been since long before she was born that we went out twice in one week!). We got home at after midnight, and rather than going to bed, I picked up Pornology and finished it before finally going to bed just after 1am. Here¿s the official blurb: Book Description When Ayn Carrillo-Gailey confronted her boyfriend about his porn habit, he pronounced her ¿pornophobic.¿ Determined to prove she wasn¿t phobic, simply more enlightened, Ayn set out to learn all she could about this phenomenon. Like any good researcher, she added her new quest to her daily To-Do list: 1. Drop off dry cleaning 2. Call Mom 3. Visit sex toy store on Melrose Acting as an amateur anthropologist introduced Ayn to a world populated by everyday people. Her quest aroused the curiosity of her female friends: her knitting group quickly turned into informal information sessions, as the women¿single or married, involved or not¿were desperate for information. What does XXX mean vs. un-rated? What¿s the difference between topless dancers and strip clubs? Why is some of it actually not that stimulating? And why are men obsessed with it? Along the way, Ayn ditched the porn-obsessed boyfriend, and learned that one should not try to make change from a stripper¿s G-string tips, nor is the Hustler store the best place to make a first impression on a hot guy. Pornology is the result of one woman¿s quest to pierce the veil that modestly covers something many women actually want to know about. Suprising, hilarious, informative, and ultimately non-judgmental, this narrative is one readers won¿t put down¿once they admit they¿re curious enough to pick it up! I don¿t think the blurb does this book justice. Told from Ayn¿s point of view, the writing is fresh and so freaking funny I was laughing out loud at times. This is a book that should appeal to any woman who¿s ever entered into the world of porn, to explore her sexuality and discover what works for her. Reading this book, you can picture yourself or a friend in Ayn¿s shoes, as her writing is so engaging you feel that she¿s sitting next to you, telling the story. I¿m going to share an excerpt from the book, so you can get a taste of the author¿s writing. Ayn has been told by her current boyfriend, Greg, that she is pornophobic. Being a list-maker, Ayn decides to take that as a challenge and makes a Porn-to-do list so she can experience the world of porn, she if she¿s pornophobic, and discover what the big deal is. Her first item on the list is to read erotica. The next night I pick up the least intimidating book in the stack: Five Minute Erotica: 35 Passionate Tales of Sex and Seduction, which promises on its back cover to be an anthology which i

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