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a b Guest, Katy (August 17, 2008). "Madonna at 50". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012 . Retrieved December 18, 2012. Madonna's book "Sex' banned in Ireland". Racine Journal Times. November 22, 1992. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021 . Retrieved January 20, 2021. Milmo, Dan (February 12, 2002). "Campbell defends nude Madonna book pictures". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013 . Retrieved September 18, 2011. Michael Kilian of the Chicago Tribune published a tongue-in-cheek article on October 7, 1992, about the coming release: "Prepare thyself, [...], The mega-event of the millennium is to occur in precisely two weeks. It's an event far more mega than the November election, the collapse of communism or even the crowning of Leanza Cornett as the new Miss America." Kilian went on to write: "The word on the street (which is precisely where it belongs) is that this is the hottest Truly Twisted personal sexual fantasy picture book in all Christendom, that it goes far beyond all previous Truly Twisted personal sexual fantasy picture books-perhaps beyond all imagining what such a book could be. [44] We live in a very repressed society, and I deal with erotic themes,” Madonna told Spin in 1993. “The point I try to make is: Why should we feel ashamed of our sexuality?”

Slade, Joseph W. (2001). Pornography and Sexual Representation: A Reference Guide, Volumen 2. ISBN 0-313-31520-5. I spent the next few years being interviewed by narrow-minded people who tried to shame me for empowering myself as a Woman,” Madonna wrote. “I was called a whore, a witch, a heretic and the devil.” Greg, Scarnici. "Sex in Drag". SexinDrag.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012 . Retrieved December 14, 2012. a b Guccione, Jr, Bob (January 1993). "Top Spin". Spin. 8 (10): 10. ISSN 0886-3032 . Retrieved February 7, 2016. Sealed in a condom-like Mylar sheath, Sex sold over 150,000 copies on the day of its release. The New York Times dubbed it “deliberately degenerate hoopla.” It featured not only Madonna as Dita, but also cameos by fashion titans like Naomi Campbell and Isabella Rossellini, cult figures Udo Kier and Tony Ward, and music-industry guests like Vanilla Ice and Big Daddy Kane (who look fabulous!). Sex was denounced by the Vatican and banned in India and Japan. Amid the global hysteria, what’s often lost is the power of the images themselves.

Cavendish, Marshall (2009). Sex and Society, Volumen 2. Marshall Cavendish Corporation. ISBN 978-0-7614-7907-9. Jacos, Matthew (October 23, 2017). "25 Years Later, Madonna's 'Sex' Book Is Still Pop's Most Radical Moment". HuffPost. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022 . Retrieved May 17, 2019.

The book opens with the introduction: "Everything you are about to see and read is a fantasy, a dream, pretend." [28] Throughout Sex, Madonna offers poems, stories, and essays. [5] She used the pseudonym "Mistress Dita" as an homage to German actress Dita Parlo; her friends in the stories are Bunny, Dex, Stella, Chiclet and Stranger. [3] [29] According to biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli, a big part of the book reads like a letter to a pornographic magazine. [3] Madonna wanted to explore the notion of power in Sex. Melcher said she wanted to talk about "gentle and hard, soft and violent [in Sex]. She was playing out all those elements in her book. That was reflected in the materials: uncoated, soft paper on the inside and hard metal coating on the outside". [26] The publication of Sex, which was released in tandem with the pop star's fifth album Erotica, caused a worldwide commotion in the early 1990s. The book included photographs of Madonna and others in the nude and simulating sexual acts. Sex also featured Madonna’s then-boyfriend, rapper Vanilla Ice, and stars like supermodel Naomi Campbell and socialite Tatiana von Fürstenberg. The Vatican told its followers to boycott the book , which was banned in countries like Ireland and Japan. Still, Sex was an instant hit commercially and sold more than 1.5 million copies.Cameron, Adams (April 2, 2009). "Ice cold on Madonna's sex book". Herald Sun . Retrieved December 13, 2012. Of course, Madge was pushing boundaries — and buttons — well before the “Sex” book was released. But after her “Justify My Love” video was banned from MTV in 1990 and she performed fellatio on a water bottle in 1991’s “Truth or Dare,” she was ready to up the ante by doing a companion coffee table book to go along with her “Erotica” album. With fashion photographer Steven Meisel doing the dirty work behind the camera, they shot in locations that included the Chelsea Hotel and the old gay burlesque Gaiety Theatre in Midtown. By December 1992, Paul Craig from McClatchy called it the biggest wonder of the year in literature. [89] Giselle Benatar described Sex as "the publishing event of the century". [1] Rapper Vanilla Ice ( left) and model Naomi Campbell ( right) are among the celebrities who appeared in the book. Both appeared in explicit images alongside Madonna.

Continuing her provocative work, Madonna starred in the erotic thriller Body of Evidence, which features her fully nude engaging in simulated sexual acts. [98] In March 1994, she was a guest on Late Show with David Letterman, used profanity, and handed Letterman a pair of her underwear asking him to smell it. [99] The release of her sexually explicit works, and the aggressive appearance on Letterman led some critics to see Madonna as a sexual renegade. She also faced a strong negative reaction from critics and fans who commented that "she had gone too far" and that her career was over. [100] Author Lucy O'Brien commented: [101] Benedetto, Pier Paolo (October 22, 1992). " "Sex Madonna" a ruba Molti in lista d'attesa". La Stampa (in Italian). p.37. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022 . Retrieved February 22, 2021. Davidson, D. Kirk (2003). Selling Sin: The Marketing of Socially Unacceptable Products. ISBN 1-56720-645-X.Publishers on File: Madonna". Facts on File, Inc. Publishers on File. 23 (2): 3, 27. September 20, 1992. Madonna has overstayed her welcome. She's becoming the human equivalent of the Energizer Bunny, flashing us her breasts in every magazine that'll let her. [...] Her book Sex, is a rip-off. Because it's not about sex, it's more about a hatred of it. [...] The book is not erotic. It's all somehow, astonishingly, dead. As sexy as a body chart at the doctor's office. Because it's just as precise and soulless. [ Sex] is a con job because instead of being flagrant pornography, it dresses itself up as Great Art. The text is pretentious and derives most, if not all, of its impact from the fact that it's Madonna talking, quite a lot... Any other model would sound no more or less coarse, just uninteresting. [43] Commercial reception [ edit ] Pre-release [ edit ] McNair, Brian (2002). Striptease Culture: Sex, Media and the Democratisation of Desire. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-55947-3.