Janet Hardy

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Janet W. Hardy
Janet Hardy - Best Sex Writing 2010.jpg
Janet Hardy, November 10, 2009
Pen nameCatherine A. Liszt, Lady Green, Verdant, Verdie
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Subject BDSM and sex education
Website
www.slutandsons.com

Janet W. Hardy is an American writer and sex educator, and founder of Greenery Press. [1] She has also been published as Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green. [2] She is the author or co-author of eleven books, and frequently collaborates with Dossie Easton. [3]

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She is genderqueer (and uses she/her pronouns), bisexual, and polyamorous. [4]

Views on BDSM

During an talk to the International Online Sexology Supervisors, she stated that BDSM is a deliberate and conscious lowering of the boundaries that people typically keep between themselves and others. [5]

Books authored or co-authored by Janet Hardy

Film and TV

Awards

She received the Geoff Mains Nonfiction Book Award from the National Leather Association in 2019 for The Sexually Dominant Woman: An Illustrated Guide for Nervous Beginners, and in 2020 for Impervious: Confessions of a Semi-Retired Deviant. [9]

She is an inductee of the Society of Janus Hall of Fame. [10]

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erotic spanking</span> Act of spanking another person for sexual arousal or gratification

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<i>The Ethical Slut</i> 1997 book by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greenery Press</span>

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References

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  2. Marech, Rona (October 19, 2001). "Greenery Press specializes in off-color topics". San Francisco Chronicle .
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  8. "The Compleat Spanker (review)". SandMUtopia Guardian #24. 1997. p. 38.
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