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Prude: Lessons I Learned When My Fiancé Filmed Porn
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  1. Susan Quilliam
  1. Writer, Broadcaster, Consultant and Trainer, Cambridge, UK; susan@susanquilliam.com

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Emily Southwood. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2013. ISBN-13: 978-1-580-05498-0. Price: £9.85. Pages: 251 (paperback)

This is the plot. Emily, newly engaged to film-maker Robbie, ecstatically contemplates their future life together. Then he drops the bombshell. He’s been asked to film a documentary about the porn industry, and when Emily doesn’t immediately object, takes on the project. But how does she feel about that?

What follows is an exploration of the answer to that question. How does Emily feel about porn in general? How does she feel in particular about the scenes and activities her fiancé is filming? Like many of us, she …

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