THE
PRACTICAL
SEDUCTRESS

How I Learned to Take My Hat and Run

A memoir by Sue Camaione

Sue Camaione’s memoir, The Practical Seductress, exposes the dangerous path to sexual equality. Filled with humor and learned wisdom, Sue exposes the double standard of desire and turns it into a “practical” how-to approach while navigating treacherous and unpredictable paths. It’s an inspiring tale of resilience that defies social norms in a world where men seek adventure, and women find shame—all in the pursuit of pleasure. 

“A frank memoir, equal parts scintillating, thoughtful, and moving.”

– Kirkus Reviews

Sue Camaione

Sue Camaione works as a healthcare research writer in the Washington, DC area. Her background in biology lends a quirky slant to her new coming-of-age memoir, The Practical Seductress. She competes in various storytelling competitions, plays drums to hardcore rock and roll, and lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

My Writing, Research, and Thoughts

DoppleMadgester – My Life as Madonna

DoppleMadgester – My Life as Madonna

Recently, as I stood admiring the plethora of differently sized and shaped phalluses throughout human history displayed on the walls of the Penis room at the Barcelona Erotic Museum, I could see a couple eyeing a video positioned on the wall then back to me. Curious,...

Our Psychedelic Honeymoon – A Valentine’s Day Special

Our Psychedelic Honeymoon – A Valentine’s Day Special

Why Psychedelics? I, and my newly minted husband Rod, recently embarked upon a Psychedelic Honeymoon Retreat in Alicante, Spain. Full confession, we had engaged in the year prior to our wedding in several therapy-assisted drug experiments: MDMA (love drug), psilocybin...

Ken vs Jo Koy in the Barbie Universe

Ken vs Jo Koy in the Barbie Universe

While raising first a daughter and then a son, I soon discovered an all-encompassing destructive sexism in our culture, regardless of gender birth or identity. Since my daughter is older and female and rebelled against any ‘girly-girl’ stereotypes, I was on alert for...

A Toast to Jezebels

A Toast to Jezebels

Why are so many stories in the world’s literary canon on women cheating, written by men? Why do so many of these female heroines end up jumping from trains, dying from consumption, or drowning in lakes? Simply review a few classics: Wuthering Heights, Anna Karenina,...

Simply the Best – Memories of Tina

Simply the Best – Memories of Tina

A miracle happened at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC in November of 2008. My teenaged daughter, throwing her hands in the air, began a syncopated clapping in time with the surrounding much older crowd. I could see the excitement in her eyes, the swaying of her...

The Pursuit of Pleasure – Musings on the March

The Pursuit of Pleasure – Musings on the March

"There is no biological reason for a woman to have an orgasm.” This declaration from my biology professor in 1972 filled my ears as we marched, half a century later, from the Washington Monument to the US Supreme Court for reproductive rights. Between the comical...

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