A fantastic piece of second wave feminist history, showing the very beginnings of the schism between the anti-porn and pro-sex branches. It's not as simple as it looks in hindsight. Interestingly Samois (the women's SM organization that put out the book) didn't have an official stance on pornography and the essays don't address it much, focusing instead, as the title says on Lesbian S/M. I think this book is an important read for anyone interested in the history of feminism, lesbians, and the evolution of BDSM.

The essays are from a variety of writers and don't even all agree with each other. The book is part essays, part erotica. I mostly found myself skipping the erotica. I'm sure it'll be enjoyable for some readers but for me there was something just kind of dated and silly about it. The essays on the other hand were great, and full of fantastic insights on the nature of power, S/M, and life as a lesbian.

Most of the writers were based in the SF Bay area so another group that might be interested in it is Bay Area historians.