Cake

For Immediate Release:

New York, NY. CAKE announces that judging from the brisk book sales of A Piece of CAKE: Recipes for Female Sexual Pleasure women all across the country are declaring their sexual independence more than ever before this year.

Hallelujah to that – and to the freedom to be who you are in and out of the bedroom. Women are using the book as a tool for progressive female sexual thought. Its success is proof that female sexual culture no longer exists on the sidelines. The female pleasure perspective can exist on its own, not boxed in the proverbial male fantasy corner. We no longer have to face an either/or proposition. It’s a done deal - you can indeed have your cake and eat it too.

Dr. Laura Berman, a sex therapist and director of Chicago's Berman Center, declared recently in the Chicago Sun Times that “CAKE puts female sexuality out there -- for everyone to see -- in a way that is not about satisfying anybody but yourself.” Valerie Gibson, sex columnist for the Toronto Sun and author of “Cougar: A Guide for Older Women Dating Younger Men” wrote in her weekly column that A Piece of CAKE is “an entertaining and informative read (not to mention stimulating), it explores female sexual libido, laying bare even the most secret of women's sexual thoughts, needs, fears and fantasies -- all with contemporary honesty and directness.”

We have come a long way baby, but we still have a ways to go. Oh the myths abound – mythies, mythies, mythies…

Let’s embrace the challenging stuff and push boundaries. Let’s not get squeamish shall we by insisting that women and sex must be neat, tidy and pure. Think about it - Why is sex so great anyway? Because it feels fucking great. In this crazy world of ours the moments of sexual expression, exploration, letting go and release are the most pure sense of humanity going.

Ok let’s not get too dirty, but sometimes the world is not so much fun when it is so darn clean. It is a fearful notion to insist that sex must remain private, where women hold certain limited power and men maintain certain dominant roles. Our real lives are not distinct from our bedroom lives

In 2006 we continue to value intimate relationships and private sexual thoughts, while also allowing sexual pleasures like exhibitionism, voyeurism, performance, visual imagery and experimentation to get played out in public forums. Despite the last five years of a conservative political climate and the backlash against progressive sexual thought by certain feminist factions, we do not choose one over the other, but instead realize how the two are intertwined and influence each other.

We recognize that for one to be inspired, one must look around ourselves and within. We know that every body type is capable of giving and receiving pleasure. There is value to being sexual above and beyond “pleasing a man.” Self-exploration is our daily rite of passage. Through our actions and self-agency we demolish the double standard and accept the expression of female sexuality.

As one CAKE Member puts it:

“I'm a firm believer that women need to explore and express their sexuality for us to continue to be successful and happy in our relationships, careers, and the world in general. Being independent and having a community to let loose and explore what being a woman is all about is something that is ideal for all of us!” - Ilyssa

We value our sexuality every day, every moment. If we are going to help change the world, we need to get in there and explore it. We get into the causes of things as opposed to just talking about the symptoms.

But let’s go farther, shall we – let’s go beyond the Sex and the City farce, and the piggish mentality of late – let’s delve into the real life shit – because that’s when it gets….FUNNNNNNN.

This year – what will we be doing? Along with continuing our kick ass dialogue between and among women we will start asking the boys their thoughts and opinions – the gender wars, gaps and all of that free love stuff. We will be taking the CAKE book on the road to other West Coast cities and across the pond to our good friends in London (pub date April 2006.) Best of all we will continue to opine, make waves and sex it up on the female sexual culture front so that all of you are guaranteed another fun-filled, pleasurable CAKEy year. Who loves you baby?

Bonne Annee, Feliz Ano Nuevo and a Happy New Year to you!

Love,
CAKE