Why Are People Into That? The Book is in bookstores everywhere!
Why Are People Into That? A Cultural Investigation of Kink is available NOW in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook (read by me!)!
From spanking, strap-ons, and sluts, to taboos involving cake, chains, and cannibalism, WHY ARE PEOPLE INTO THAT? explores the universal drives that shape even the most specific erotic tastes, and the cultural context that molds and is molded by the way we conceptualize pleasure, gender, fantasy, and power. With buoyant prose, Tina invites us to reconsider everything we thought we knew about sexuality. How, for example, should we think about "consensual nonconsent" in a post-#MeToo era? How does cross-dressing fit in with our evolving cultural understanding of gender performance and identity? And what do foot fetishists, fisters, and FinDoms have in common?
Blending insightful cultural criticism, investigative journalism, and spicy anecdotes from Tina’s 15+ years of hard-earned expertise in the sex industry and beyond, WHY ARE PEOPLE INTO THAT? is a philosophical-but-fun exploration of the prismatic spectrum of human desire and the expansive possibilities of pleasure. For fans of adrienne maree brown and Emily Nagoski, this raunchy and rousing book is perfect for anyone who is interested not only in the intricacies of what we desire, but in how desire itself really works.
Monster Smash
Oct 7, Online via Zoom 6:30 EST / 3:30 PST
https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/172295708/monster-smash-fear-play-supernatural-consent-your-darkest-fantasies
From beastly toys to demonic romance to horror fetishes, come explore your darkest fantasies and learn how to make your partner scream “IT’S ALIVE!!!”
Fabulosa Books w Miah Jeffra
Fabulosa Books, 489 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
Miah Jeffra is author of four books—most recently The Violence Almanac (finalist for several awards, including the Grace Paley and Robert C Jones Book Prizes) and the novel American Gospel, finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award—and is co-editor of the anthology Home is Where You Queer Your Heart. Work can be seen in StoryQuarterly, Prairie Schooner, The North American Review, Anomaly, DIAGRAM, storySouth and many others. Miah is co-founder of Whiting Award-winning queer and trans literary collaborative, Foglifter Press, and teaches writing and decolonial studies in universities around the Bay.
Info here: https://www.fabulosabooks.com/events.html
Kinky Dirty Talk Workshop
Dirty talk and sexual communication are challenging for all people, but kinksters and queers in particular have an imperative to work on these skills. Language in relation to gender, bodies, sex acts, and identity has the potential to be triggering, empowering or re-claiming for queers and those who love them. The more we know how to communicate desires and boundaries, and know what to consider, the more fun we can have with our mouths opened AND closed!
Join professional smack talker Tina Horn as we share basic tools for great dirty talk and discuss the importance of desire and boundary communication for kinky play. You will gain something from this class whether or not you identify as kinky and/or queer, and regardless of your gender.
Refreshments will be available at 4:30pm prior to the workshop.
Deprog Issues 1-4 Bundle on Sale at Dead Sky now!
Issue 2 of my newest comic book crime thriller is in comic book stores now! Call your local comic book store to put the series on your pull list to get Issues 3 and 4 when they’re released over the next two months. The first trade collection will be out in September 2024 and you can preorder that now wherever books are sold!
Issue 2: The hunt for Vera's brother leads detective Tate on a desert road trip with her apprentice Les, where they are stalked by a figure with a mysterious tattoo. As Tate and Vera fall more in lust, they narrow in on their target: the abusive cult from Tate's past.
Into That Live at Junior High
Join us for a celebration of Tina Horn's new book Why Are People Into That? A Cultural Investigation of Kink, where some of the best performance artists in the biz titillate you with acts inspired by the book’s fetish themes! Raunchy readings, dark burlesque, in your face drag, and much more!
PLEASE NOTE: this event will take place at Junior High LA, located at 603 S Brand Blvd, Glendale, with North Figueroa Bookshop selling books on-site.
TICKETS ARE HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/into-that-the-experience-tickets-894067258237?aff=oddtdtcreator
7:30pm doors, 8pm show
*Your ticket includes a copy of the book plus free admission to the show including complimentary wine and seltzer.
*No Tricks Just Treats will be selling tasty snacks!
Featuring:
Tina Horn
Spike “Prince of Cats”
Via L’ Once
Charles Galin King
Bytch Nastee
YAPIT Book Launch
Intimate launch party at a fabulous local bookstore featuring a conversation between Tina and leather community organizer (and fisting enthusiast) Rogelio Ruckus! Free and low key in Highland Park, Los Angeles
Info here: https://northfigbookshop.com/event/#calendar-8a0f87f6-17d6-4f10-9815-04df4c8251ba-event-lvmy1oy2
Very special epsiode of the podcast
In this exclusive preorder reward podcast episode, Tina is interviewed about the emotional process of writing Why Are People Into That? The Book, Sam Delany, brats, vials of blood, and more — by a VERY SPECIAL MYSTERY GUEST. This episode is extra intimate and will never be released on the main feed!
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: Knuckle Up: Fisting w Tina Horn
Get your tickets here -> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-knuckle-up-a-fisting-workshop-with-tina-horn-tickets-865944692887?aff=oddtdtcreator
Calling all size queens, all lovers of hands, those that love to gape and those who love to gush. The time has come to learn about the filthy art of fisting with Tina Horn, longtime educatrix and author of the new fetish book Why Are People Into That?! Let’s talk about how to fit your entire hand inside any hole, how to take a fist, and why people love to do this so damn much. This class will cover technique for tops and bottoms, including specifics for different holes, as well as positions, equipment, safety, and fantasy role play ideas. We’ll also fill you up with some cultural history about why fisting is such a significant symbol of queer and kink sexuality that anyone can enjoy. From poppers to slings, from squirting to enemas, this workshop will turn you inside out!
This is an online class. A recording will be available to all ticket holders for 30 days.