Amsterdam Talks Sex #3.3: Erotic stories for and by women

A writer like Kate Chopin (1850-1904) was forced to keep the eroticism in her stories sweltering under the skin, because direct naming would never be accepted from a woman. That taboo was broken by Anaïs Nin and her groundbreaking erotic stories. What is the current state of female erotica in our own time? The biggest sales success is 'Fifty Shades of Grey' by E.L. James, who coined the stylistic misfire "a Christian Gray flavored lollypop."

Has it become problematic again for women to write directly, and therefore more raw, about sex?

This edition of Amsterdam Talks Sex features none other than erotic fairy tale writer Natasja van Loon and writer Karin Giphart! Handan talks with them about the importance of women's voices in erotic literature.

Natasja van Loon is a publicist and fairy tale teller, and editor of the magazine Zone 5300 about comics, culture & curiosities, and Stripdagen Haarlem. In her erotic fairy tales she makes a case for the sexual autonomy of women.

Karin Giphart is a Dutch author and singer-songwriter who also uses all kinds of media to tell stories, such as video clips and online escape rooms. She is currently working on a collection of stories with sex anecdotes that people tell each other. Her novels Make Me Happy and Something Between Brother and Sister have previously been praised for their explicit sex scenes.