Tristan Taormino’s Expert Guide to Oral Sex: Part One: Cunnilingus

Tristan Taormino is a knowledgeable, frank sex expert, and her series of educational videos are a welcome addition to the how-to genre. They’re definitely more educational than sexy, but they’re still a lot sexier than most educational videos. Her guide to oral sex for women, alas, doesn’t feature Tristan herself onscreen much, though she does the voiceover work, and she wrote the whole thing. The film starts with a cunnilingus workshop led by Justine Joli, who’s a lot hotter than my sex ed teacher was. The workshop features a big annotated diagram of the vagina, which is about as anatomical and unsexy as you’d expect, but if you don’t know where everything’s located, you should, and it’s a very complete rundown. There’s lots of practical advice about warming your partner up, avoiding direct clitoral stimulation when you first get started, and suggestions for assorted techniques that go well beyond the venerable “write-the-alphabet-with-your-tongue” trick. The tips are not exclusively about the mouth, either, but also include suggestions for toys, manual stimulation, and so on. The workshop is followed by two scenes with couples talking about their own cunnilingus preferences and experiences, followed by demonstrations of various techniques and positions, with helpful commentary. If — as an old girlfriend of mine once memorably said — you’re just all about licking some snatch, you can skip all the educational bits and go straight to the demonstration scenes and watch some enthusiastic people get their lick on. There’s an option to watch those scenes as pure porn, or with Tristan’s voiceover commentary and little helpful pop-ups on screen indicating particular techniques. Your choice. As educational guides, this is awesome, though as pure masturbation-material porn, it’s only so-so. There are also bonus features, including a rather hot scene with Justine Joli and Ariel X, plus info on safe oral sex techniques. Though it’s a relatively short film, it’s incredibly informative and well-produced. Check it out. The woman in your life will thank you.