Felice Newman is an American author, publisher, sex educator, and coach of soma studies (unconscious patterns of muscular activity rooted in past experience).

Education

Newman has a somatic coaching certificate through the Strozzi Institute in Petaluma, CA. Newman studied human sexuality through the San Francisco Sex Information and the Body Electric School.

Career

Newman founded independent publishing company Cleis Press,[1][2] alongside Frédérique Delacoste in 1980. The first book published by Cleis Press was Fight Back!: Feminist Resistance to Male Violence, coedited by Newman and Delacoste.[3][4] The book is now part of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) virtual library.[5] The book is a series of 66 papers which examine the dynamics of male violence against women. It presents arguments for, and examples of, female resistance to male violence.

Cleis Press has published more than 200 books on sexuality, feminism, and gender. The company has developed and edited books on sex by authors including Susie Bright, Tristan Taormino, Violet Blue, Patrick Califia, and Annie Sprinkle.

Newman is the author of The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us (ISBN 978-1-57344-199-5) and co-editor (alongside Frédérique Delacoste) of Best Sex Writing 2006 (ISBN 978-1-57344-237-4).

Newman has appeared on Loveline, Derek & Romaine Show, Jimmy Kimmel (1999), and other radio programs.

Her online sex advice has appeared on About.com, ClassicDykes.com, and LesbiaNation.com. Her Whole Lesbian Sex[6] column appears in newspapers across the U.S.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Sex and politics: Cleis creates good feminist bedfellows". Lambda Book Report. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Strawley, George (12 October 1999). "Ironic result for bookseller". Gettysburg Times. p. A4. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Fighting Back: Feminist Resistance to Male Violence | Office of Justice Programs". www.ojp.gov. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Delacoste, Frederic; Newman, Felice (eds.). Fight Back: Feminist Resistance to Male Violence. ISBN 0939416018.
  5. ↑ "Fighting Back: Feminist Resistance to Male Violence | Office of Justice Programs". www.ojp.gov. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Noble, Barnes &. "Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us / Edition 2|Paperback". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Newman, Felice | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

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