Comments on: NSFW Sunday: What Does a Lesbian Sex Magazine Look Like?

By: Lex Morgan

Lex Morgan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:04:54 +0000

I am REALLY late to this game, but this whole post is making me nostalgic. I have scoured the internet for signs of another magazine like this one, and I haven’t been able to find one. I want to write for something like this. I’m already writing about lesbian sex, and it’s a passion of mine (har har). Seriously, though, I really wish something like this still existed.

Anyone know if something has filled the void and I just haven’t heard of it?

By: Diane Anderson-Minshall

Diane Anderson-Minshall — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:52:45 +0000

I know I’m like 5 months late to the game but a friend sent me this link and it was so nice to see it.I was one of those editors who worked at On Our Backs; it was my first job in lesbian publishing and I totally knew I’d never work at a mainstream magazine after that. ALl the women who contributed were amazing. I was one of the co-founders who launched Girlfriends (and later hired my old boss and OOB founder Nan Kinney to work for *me* for a bit) and when we had the chance to buy OOB and launch it again we were thrilled. Even though I left OOB and GF in 2000, I still hear from women who were so profoundly affected by having a magazine that showed real dykes having sex and talking about the power in controlling your own sexuality. Thanks again. Kudos to Nan Kinney (who still runs Fatale Video–the division of the company that also produced the first real lesbian porn videos), Debi Sundahl (who still shows women how to find their G-spot) and Susie Bright (who is, of course, as brilliant as ever).

By: Steph :)

Steph :) — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:09:20 +0000

*GASP!* On Our Backs!!!!!1!1

Thank you for reminding me of this WONDERFUL mag. Holy shit!! I can’t believe I’d forgotten about it!! I was doing the whole exciting coming-out-process back in the early 90s, trying to find both a source and outlet for a lot of the pent-up frustrations, and I found a subscription card in the library one day, stuck in one of the many lesbo-themed books I was feverishly devouring at the time. (Whoever stuck that card there, I still wanna marry you.) This mag helped me get out of the closet. It helped me see women in more shapes, colors, and sizes than I was getting in the straight press. It really helped me develop a thorough appreciation for womencentric, lesbocentric sexuality. It helped gay me up! Hot damn I miss it.

We need something like this so badly, right now.

By: Bevin

Bevin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:24:32 +0000

The On Our Backs pictorial of Beth Ditto changed my life. I saw this girl, two years younger than me, comfortable enough in her body and sexuality to fuck her boyfriend in a bathroom for a porn magazine and I was like “I need to get over my shit and start living my life.”

I have a friend who is super sad it doesn’t exist anymore and wants to start a new On Our Backs. She’s an old school butch who doesn’t like the internet for porn.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:27:56 +0000

HELLO GIRLS

By: Dr. H. Anonymous

Dr. H. Anonymous — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:52:39 +0000

Nicely done. It’s always satisfying when substantives spontaneously appear to save the day/comment thread. It’s the closest that I get to believing in divine intervention.

[P.S. If your keyword scramble yields any results, let me/us know!]

By: dot

dot — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:33:20 +0000

Oi, I was concerned enough about the resemblance that I was wary of posting for fear of accidentally uncovering a dark corner of Rachel Maddow’s past and causing a huge stir that ends up with Gland Back somehow forcing her to step down from her post at Ms. Newsy But Commentary-er.

After writing this comment, I have decided to scramble other keywords that might somehow lead to such a terrible end.

By: dot

dot — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:26:20 +0000

Trick question! It’s your comment! I know, totally weird, right? Like how does a third substantive in a comparative with the two compared substantive already named end up being the “worse”? I don’t know, but it happened! Might help explain why you were having trouble deciding!

By: Mo

Mo — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:47:12 +0000

What? Beth Ditto is great!
I always expect lesbians to be more body-positive, but I guess that queer people can do fat-hate just as well as the breeders. Beth Ditto is hot in general, but the hottest thing about her is that she loves her body as it is and is not afraid to wear her skin proudly. She may be chubby, but I daresay she gets laid way more often than many skinny girls. She is also a total badass.
And you should probably leave this site alone if all you want to see is lipstick lesbians making out. Go look at the tandem boob press for that. This site strives to represent the spectrum of female-related queerness.

By: Lilo's cooch

Lilo's cooch — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:11:37 +0000

I can’t decide who’s worse? Beth Ditto or that whatsit beside her.

By: Max the Communist

Max the Communist — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:25:12 +0000

Okay. All ya’ll who don’t like the boob press–we are obviously NOT having sex together. My boobs go all over the woman I’m with and that includes her boobs along the way. So much for “male standards” of what women like to do together.

By: laneia

laneia — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:17:38 +0000