In Tom Robbins’s 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, the smooth-riding cowgirl Bonanza Jellybean is explaining to a bunch of ladies visiting the ranch that they shouldn’t be ashamed of their natural essence and that it, in actual fact, works of their favour. “Here’s somewhat self-celebration I bet you ladies never considered,” Bonanza tells them, “What you do is reach down together with your fingers and get them wet together with your juices. You then rub it in behind your ears.
It’s an exquisite perfume,” she says. “Very subtle and really mischievous. Men are attracted, I guarantee you.”
It’s an unusual trick, and one I imagine not many readers will go for, but there has recently been quite a lot of...
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