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{{Short description|1981 anthology of lesbian S/M writings}}
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| language         = English
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| subject          = [[Sadomasochism]]
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| publisher        = [[Samois]]
| pub_date         = 1981
| media_type       = Print (paperback)
| pages            = 287
| isbn             = 0-932870-28-7
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'''''Coming to Power: Writings and Graphics on Lesbian S/M''''' is a 1981 book edited by members of the [[lesbian]] [[feminist]] [[BDSM|S/M]] organisation [[Samois]]. It is an anthology of lesbian S/M writings.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Moser|first=Charles|author2=Levitt, Eugene E.|title=An exploratory-descriptive study of a sadomasochistically oriented sample|journal=Journal of Sex Research|date=1 August 1987|volume=23|issue=3|pages=322–337|doi=10.1080/00224498709551370}}</ref> It was a founding work of the lesbian [[BDSM]] movement.

It was quickly out-of-print<ref name="osullivan">{{cite journal|last=O'Sullivan|first=Sue|title=What a Difference a Decade Makes: "Coming to Power" and "The Second Coming"|journal=Feminist Review|date=Spring 1999|volume=61|issue=61|pages=97–126|doi=10.1080/014177899339324|jstor=1395576|s2cid=144760928}}</ref> and reached a worldwide audience the following year when it was reprinted by [[Alyson Publications]].<ref name="osullivan"/> The book alternates short stories with advice on techniques, a model that has been used by various other BDSM books since then.

A sequel ''[[The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader]]'' was published in 1996, edited by [[Patrick Califia|Pat Califia]] and [[Robin Sweeney]].

Many of the authors in ''Coming to Power'' characterise sadomasochism as the epitome of [[eroticism]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=France|first=Marie|title=Sadomasochism and Feminism|journal=Feminist Review|date=Summer 1984|volume=16|issue=16|pages=35–42|doi=10.1057/fr.1984.4|jstor=1394956|s2cid=189906233}}</ref>

It is described in ''Coming on Strong: Gay Politics and Culture'' as containing [[lesbian erotica]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Shepherd |editor-first=Simon |title=Coming on Strong: Gay Politics and Culture|year=1989|publisher=Unwin Hyman|location=London|isbn=978-0-04-445351-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okgVAAAAIAAJ&dq=Coming+to+Power+samois&pg=PA147|edition=1. publ.|editor2=Wallis, Mick}}</ref>

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[[Category:1980s LGBTQ literature]]
[[Category:LGBTQ literature in the United States]]


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