Felice Newman is an American author, publisher, sex educator, and coach of
soma
Soma may refer to:
Businesses and brands
* SOMA (architects), a New York–based firm of architects
* Soma (company), a company that designs eco-friendly water filtration systems
* SOMA Fabrications, a builder of bicycle frames and other bicycle ...
studies (unconscious patterns of muscular activity rooted in past experience).
Education
Newman has a somatic coaching certificate through the
Strozzi Institute in
Petaluma, CA
Petaluma (Miwok: ''Péta Lúuma'') is a city in Sonoma County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Its population was 59,776 according to the 2020 census.
Petaluma's name comes from the Miwok village nam ...
. Newman studied
human sexuality
Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...
through the
San Francisco Sex Information
San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) is an organization that provides free sex information via the World Wide Web, e-mail, telephone, and online social networking. SFSI also offers a bi-annual sex educator training program and various continuing ed ...
and the Body Electric School.
Career
Newman founded independent publishing company
Cleis Press
Cleis Press is an American independent publisher of books in the areas of sexuality, erotica, feminism, gay and lesbian studies, gender studies, fiction, and human rights. The press was founded in 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It later moved to S ...
, 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. The book is now part of the
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) virtual library. 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
Violet Blue is an American journalist, author, editor, advisor, and educator. Blue wrote a weekly sex column for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' until 2010. In her podcast, Open Source Sex, she reads erotica and discusses topics such as feti ...
,
Patrick Califia, and
Annie Sprinkle
Annie M. Sprinkle (born Ellen F. Steinberg on July 23, 1954) is an American certified sexologist, performance artist, former sex worker, and advocate for sex work and health care. Citing: Sprinkle has worked as a prostitute, sex educator, femi ...
.
Newman is the author of ''
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us'' () and co-editor (alongside Frédérique Delacoste) of ''Best Sex Writing 2006'' ().
Newman has appeared on ''
Loveline
''Loveline'' is a syndicated radio call-in program in North America, offering medical and relationship advice to listeners, often with the assistance of guests, typically actors and musicians. Its host through most of its run was Dr. Drew Pins ...
,''
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 column appears in newspapers across the U.S.
References
External links
Official websiteWhole Lesbian Sex BookBest Sex Writing 2006
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American sex educators
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American lesbian writers
21st-century American women writers