Janet W. Hardy is an American writer and sex educator, and founder of

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. She has also been published as ''Catherine A. Liszt'' and ''Lady Green''. She is the author or co-author of eleven books, and frequently collaborates with

Dossie Easton Dorothy "Dossie" Easton (born February 26, 1944), who has also written under the name Scarlet Woman, is an American author and family therapist based in San Francisco, California. Education and career Easton is a non-fiction author and poet. She ...

. She is

genderqueer Non-binary or genderqueer gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gender that is differ ...

(and uses she/her pronouns),

bisexual Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior toward both males and females. It may also be defined as the attraction to more than one gender, to people of both the same and different gender, or the attraction t ...

, and

polyamorous Polyamory () is the practice of, or the desire for, romantic relationships with more than one partner at the same time, with the informed consent of all partners involved. Some people who identify as polyamorous believe in consensual non-mono ...

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.

Books authored or co-authored by Janet Hardy

* Dossie Easton, Janet W. Hardy, ''The New Topping Book.''

, 2003. . * Dossie Easton, Janet W. Hardy, ''The New Bottoming Book.''

, 2001. . * Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt, ''When Someone You Love Is Kinky.''

, 2000. . * Easton, Dossie and Catherine A. Liszt. ''

The Ethical Slut ''The Ethical Slut'' is a self-help book about non-monogamy written by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy. In the book, Easton and Hardy discuss non-monogamy as a concept and a practice, and explore sexual practices and common challenges in non-monog ...

. A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities''. San Francisco: Greenery Press, 1997. . . . :* Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy. ''The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures''. Second edition. Celestial Arts, 2009. . :* Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton.
The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
'. Third Edition.

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, 2017. . * Lady Green, ''The Sexually Dominant Woman: a Workbook for Nervous Beginners'',

, 1998. * Lady Green, ''The Compleat Spanker'',

, 2000. . * Lady Green (edit.), Jaymes Easton (edit.), ''Kinky Crafts: 101 Do-It-Yourself S/M Toys'',

, 1998, * Charles Moser, Janet Hardy, ''Sex Disasters... and How to Survive Them'',

, 2002. . * Janet Hardy, ''The Toybag Guide to Canes and Caning'',

, 2004. . * Dossie Easton, Janet W. Hardy, ''Radical Ecstasy'',

, 2004. . * Janet Hardy, ''21st Century Kinkycrafts'', Greenery Press, 2005. * Janet W. Hardy, ''Girlfag: A Life Told in Sex and Musicals'', Beyond Binary Books, 2012. . * Janet W. Hardy, ''Impervious: Confessions of a Semi-Retired Deviant''. Sincyr Publishing, 2019. . * Janet W. Hardy, ''Notes of an Aging Pervert''. Unbound Edition, 2023. .

Film and TV

* ''BDSM: It's Not What You Think'' (2008) * ''Vice & Consent'' (2005) * "Sex TV" — Girl Show/The Ethical Slut/Sex and the Beard? (2002) * ''Beyond Vanilla'' (2001) * '' The Dr. Susan Block Show'' (1996)

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''. She is an inductee of the

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Hall of Fame.

References

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