A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten is a raw, erotic, and emotionally layered memoir from queer icon, sex educator, and feminist pornographer Tristan Taormino. Raised by a single mother and shaped by drag shows, sexual awakenings, and a father who came out as gay in the 1970s, Tristan’s story unfolds through the deeply personal intersections of grief, queer identity, kink, mental health, and radical pleasure. From her early explorations at Wesleyan University to her zine-making and boundary-breaking editorial work in 1990s NYC, Tristan helped redefine queer sexual culture, with heart, intellect, and unapologetic honesty.
Blending her own story with pieces of her late father’s unpublished memoir, she explores the connections between family, loss, sex, and survival, revealing how personal pleasure can be a powerful tool for transformation and defiance. This is a story about finding yourself in the margins, and creating something revolutionary in the process.
You might love A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten if:-
You want a queer memoir that blends grief, pleasure, activism, and personal storytelling
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You’re a fan of Tristan Taormino’s work in feminist porn, sex ed, or queer publishing
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You’re exploring the impact of family, loss, and identity through a queer lens
A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten A Queer Memoir by Tristan Taormino on Identity, Sex, and Family
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A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten is a raw, erotic, and emotionally layered memoir from queer icon, sex educator, and feminist pornographer Tristan Taormino. Raised by a single mother and shaped by drag shows, sexual awakenings, and a father who came out as gay in the 1970s, Tristan’s story unfolds through the deeply personal intersections of grief, queer identity, kink, mental health, and radical pleasure. From her early explorations at Wesleyan University to her zine-making and boundary-breaking editorial work in 1990s NYC, Tristan helped redefine queer sexual culture, with heart, intellect, and unapologetic honesty.
Blending her own story with pieces of her late father’s unpublished memoir, she explores the connections between family, loss, sex, and survival, revealing how personal pleasure can be a powerful tool for transformation and defiance. This is a story about finding yourself in the margins, and creating something revolutionary in the process.
You might love A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten if:-
You want a queer memoir that blends grief, pleasure, activism, and personal storytelling
-
You’re a fan of Tristan Taormino’s work in feminist porn, sex ed, or queer publishing
-
You’re exploring the impact of family, loss, and identity through a queer lens
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