books

all entries: aug 2014 to may 2025


			6 May 2025 on mary oliver's wild geese james peak Unrequited love, impossible love, stupid, foolish love. My heart is broken, but so is the poet’s.

			18 October 2021 a short bright elucidation bly A review of A Long Dark Shadow: Minor Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity by Allyn Walker

			26 July 2020 review: dream children ethan edwards The book is fiction, but we can ask whether such a positive outcome is realistic, given Oliver as he is presented. I have my doubts.

			18 July 2020 review: my dark vanessa ethan edwards This book is a strong advertisement for the age of consent.

			13 January 2020 holden caulfield: pedophile, yes. monster, no. ethan edwards Salinger's Holden Caulfield is a decent pedophile. So was Salinger.

			29 September 2019 past the dark facts bly A review of Sheila van den Heuvel-Collins' Past the Dark Field

			1 April 2019 writer in a dark field: sheila van den heuvel-collins global prevention project They said: There's no representation for MAPs. It's sex offenders, it's victims of sexual assault—so the stories they gave me ended up in this book.

			12 August 2018 three pedophiles in helpless by barbara gowdy ethan edwards This 2007 book is the story of an exceptionally beautiful 9-year-old Rachel who is kidnapped by a pedophile. His fantasy is to keep her safe from the danger that he has imagined she is in. His plan is crazy and he eventually releases her, and the story is about what happens in the mean time. Here ...

			16 July 2018 review of una ethan edwards A review of Una, a British film from 2016, about a relationship between an adult man and a 13-year-old girl and its aftermath.

			12 February 2018 they came from all over the world: allyn walker global prevention project I said: I want to study individuals who are attracted to minors who have never committed a sexual offence. And my professor looked at me and said: Yuck!

			26 February 2017 review: ethical porn for dicks, part 3 of 3 ethan edwards The author is David Ley, the full title is Ethical porn for dicks: a man's guide to responsible viewing pleasure. This is part 3 of a 3-part review, on implications for pedophiles.

			25 February 2017 review: ethical porn for dicks, part 2 of 3 ethan edwards The author is David Ley, and the full title is Ethical porn for dicks: a man's guide to responsible viewing pleasure. This is part 2 of a 3-part review, on CP.

			24 February 2017 review: ethical porn for dicks, part 1 of 3 ethan edwards The author is David Ley, the full title is "Ethical porn for dicks: a man's guide to responsible viewing pleasure", and it was published in 2016.

			29 January 2017 review of erotic innocence by james kincaid ethan edwards Kincaid thinks we should go back to hugging kids and playing with them without worrying obsessively. But he then adds, curiously, "if you find yourself getting too excited, going too far, wanting to incite or not to stop — then stop."

			14 January 2017 libby purves' more lives than one ethan edwards If you set out to create the most sympathetic pedophile you could, you would get Kit.

			18 November 2016 j.d. salinger ethan edwards I feel there is pretty good evidence Salinger was actually a celibate pedophile, most attracted to girls of age 10 or so.

			26 January 2016 review: lamb - the movie and book ethan edwards Although I believe the law is too blunt an instrument to properly intervene in non-sexual friendships between men and children, Lamb shows the emotional dangers.

			12 November 2015 regret of early sex in "diary of a teenage girl" ethan edwards The early sex was ultimately a serious obstacle to be overcome, not a simple early pleasure.

			5 November 2015 review of "pedal" by chelsea rooney ethan edwards There is space for children to not be victimized, but there is no space for pedophiles to think that gives them the right to do sexual things with kids that they perceive to be willing.

			28 July 2015 the psychopath whisperer by kent kiehl ethan edwards As a class, psychopaths commit an enormous number of crimes and almost always go back to a life of crime when released from prison.

			12 August 2014 seto on cp ethan edwards Police take some pains to make sure you really are a pedophile before they prosecute.

6 May 2025

on mary oliver's wild geese
james peak

Unrequited love, impossible love, stupid, foolish love. My heart is broken, but so is the poet’s.

18 October 2021

a short bright elucidation
bly

A review of A Long Dark Shadow: Minor Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity by Allyn Walker

26 July 2020

review: dream children
ethan edwards

The book is fiction, but we can ask whether such a positive outcome is realistic, given Oliver as he is presented. I have my doubts.

18 July 2020

review: my dark vanessa
ethan edwards

This book is a strong advertisement for the age of consent.

13 January 2020

holden caulfield: pedophile, yes. monster, no.
ethan edwards

Salinger's Holden Caulfield is a decent pedophile. So was Salinger.

29 September 2019

past the dark facts
bly

A review of Sheila van den Heuvel-Collins' Past the Dark Field

1 April 2019

writer in a dark field: sheila van den heuvel-collins
global prevention project

They said: There's no representation for MAPs. It's sex offenders, it's victims of sexual assault—so the stories they gave me ended up in this book.

12 August 2018

three pedophiles in helpless by barbara gowdy
ethan edwards

This 2007 book is the story of an exceptionally beautiful 9-year-old Rachel who is kidnapped by a pedophile. His fantasy is to keep her safe from the danger that he has imagined she is in. His plan is crazy and he eventually releases her, and the story is about what happens in the mean time. Here ...

16 July 2018

review of una
ethan edwards

A review of Una, a British film from 2016, about a relationship between an adult man and a 13-year-old girl and its aftermath.

12 February 2018

they came from all over the world: allyn walker
global prevention project

I said: I want to study individuals who are attracted to minors who have never committed a sexual offence. And my professor looked at me and said: Yuck!

26 February 2017

review: ethical porn for dicks, part 3 of 3
ethan edwards

The author is David Ley, the full title is Ethical porn for dicks: a man's guide to responsible viewing pleasure. This is part 3 of a 3-part review, on implications for pedophiles.

25 February 2017

review: ethical porn for dicks, part 2 of 3
ethan edwards

The author is David Ley, and the full title is Ethical porn for dicks: a man's guide to responsible viewing pleasure. This is part 2 of a 3-part review, on CP.

24 February 2017

review: ethical porn for dicks, part 1 of 3
ethan edwards

The author is David Ley, the full title is "Ethical porn for dicks: a man's guide to responsible viewing pleasure", and it was published in 2016.

29 January 2017

review of erotic innocence by james kincaid
ethan edwards

Kincaid thinks we should go back to hugging kids and playing with them without worrying obsessively. But he then adds, curiously, "if you find yourself getting too excited, going too far, wanting to incite or not to stop — then stop."

14 January 2017

libby purves' more lives than one
ethan edwards

If you set out to create the most sympathetic pedophile you could, you would get Kit.

18 November 2016

j.d. salinger
ethan edwards

I feel there is pretty good evidence Salinger was actually a celibate pedophile, most attracted to girls of age 10 or so.

26 January 2016

review: lamb - the movie and book
ethan edwards

Although I believe the law is too blunt an instrument to properly intervene in non-sexual friendships between men and children, Lamb shows the emotional dangers.

12 November 2015

regret of early sex in "diary of a teenage girl"
ethan edwards

The early sex was ultimately a serious obstacle to be overcome, not a simple early pleasure.

5 November 2015

review of "pedal" by chelsea rooney
ethan edwards

There is space for children to not be victimized, but there is no space for pedophiles to think that gives them the right to do sexual things with kids that they perceive to be willing.

28 July 2015

the psychopath whisperer by kent kiehl
ethan edwards

As a class, psychopaths commit an enormous number of crimes and almost always go back to a life of crime when released from prison.

12 August 2014

seto on cp
ethan edwards

Police take some pains to make sure you really are a pedophile before they prosecute.