Midori (author)
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Midori | |
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| Native name | 美登里 |
| Born | Kyoto, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer, speaker, artist, and sex educator |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley |
| Subject | Sexuality |
Midori (美登里) is a sexuality writer, speaker, artist, and sex educator based in San Francisco, California, who writes on alternative sexual practices, including BDSM and sexual fetishism, including bondage, foot fetishism, Japanese bondage and shoe fetishism.[1]
Biography
Midori was born in Kyoto, Japan, of Japanese and German parents, and raised with feminist values, while growing up in Tokyo.
Midori moved to the United States as a teenager. She served as a United States Army Reserves Intelligence officer while earning her psychology degree from University of California, Berkeley, and spent a few years as a sex educator with San Francisco Sex Information.[2][3]
Honors
She received the Woman of the Year award in 2003 as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards, and she received the Northern California Regional Award as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards in 2005.[4]
She is an inductee of the Society of Janus Hall of Fame.[5]
Bibliography
- The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage Greenery Press, 2001
- Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink: Educational, Sensual, And Entertaining Essays Daedalus Publishing, 2005
- The Toybag Guide to Foot and Shoe Worship Greenery Press, 2005
- Master Han's Daughter: Tales from Depraved NeoTokyo Circlet Press, 2006
References
- ^ Cara Mason (1 November 2012). "Coco der Mer Launch Lessons In Love Salons". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "SF Chronicle article". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Midori - Workshop Facilitator Midori at Come As You Are". Comeasyouare.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ^ "Pantheon of Leather Awards All Time Recipients - The Leather Journal". www.theleatherjournal.com.
- ^ "Society of Janus". Erobay. 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
External links
- General info and biography
- Classes and events
- Art and installations
- Zinko, Carolyne (2008-02-10). "Midori explains how to have sex, with props". San Francisco Chronicle.
- FetishDiva Midori papers, 1990-2014 MC 985. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- American women writers
- BDSM writers
- United States Army officers
- German emigrants to the United States
- Sex educators
- Bondage riggers
- Living people
- Women in the United States Army
- Japanese erotic artists
- American erotic artists
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- American performance artists
- People from Kyoto
- Japanese emigrants to the United States
- Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area
- American writers of Japanese descent
- Women erotica writers