A rigorous study that throbs and pummels hard to beneath the surface of fetish. It's written with an electric charge. I submitted to every page -- Jodie Harsh An elegant, intelligent, intimate exploration of the way a sexual charge can alchemize objects and vibes into worlds unto themselves -- Michelle Tea A personal and informative exploration of the many worlds of fetishism. I really enjoyed it -- Cosey Fanni Tutti A perfect balance of fascinating history, reflective memoir and up-to-date reporting. I slipped into Second Skin as if it were a glove. Fetish may not be for everyone-but this book is! -- Adam Zmith A fascinating book about fetish and community. It works on both the mind and the senses; an erudite, intimate and beautifully written account of the textures and symbols that animate our erotic lives -- Jack Parlett Expansive and intimate, probing and emboldening... A book for anybody who has ever wondered what it might mean to put more of ourselves - dare we say, all of ourselves? - into sex -- Polly Barton Insightful, clear-eyed, generous and surprisingly tender... You will feel it wrap itself around you like a gimp mask or a hard-earned embrace from your perfect Domina -- Brittany Newell At last, a book on kink that isn't squeamish and that doesn't act like its subjects are bewildering freaks! Part tender investigation, part ecstatic hymn, Second Skin will give you goose bumps in all kinds of places -- Charlie Fox An archive, a celebration. At times, it's reminiscent of conversations had with like-minded friends and fellow queers. A complex, nuanced, and deeply rewarding foray into a world paradoxically visible and in the shadows -- Joshua Jones [ Fedorova] writes shrewdly about how we imbue objects with meaning and status... She takes a historian's pleasure in handling obscure ephemera and a kinkster's delight in the scent of the Dettol spray used to clean fetish clubs... [ Second Skin] takes our most uncanny attractions and reveals their eminent humanity -- Lillian Fishman * New Yorker *
