Ahead of the February 11 Residence 11 Desire Summit on Sex and Relationships (get tickets here!), we’re conducting a series of livestream interviews with Summit speakers. You can watch them live or after the fact on our YouTube channel, Facebook page or Twitter account, and ask questions for our interviewees.
Lynn Brown Rosenberg will be speaking at the upcoming Residence 11 Desire Summit host alongside Girl Boner podcast host August McLaughlin on sexual awakening at any age, talking further about sex and aging and the challenges and rewards of that process. They will give helpful insights for audiences about how to enjoy sex and explore your desires at any stage of your sexual journey.
Lynn Brown Rosenberg is the author of the erotic memoir My Sexual Awakening at Seventy and has written articles for Salon, The Sunday Times of London, The Los Angeles Jewish Journal, and The New York Jewish Week. She wrote a short film called Solo which was honored with a Golden Eagle Award and is the author of numerous screenplays along with the thriller novella Breakthrough which soon will be released as an ebook. She is currently at work on her fourth crime novel.
Watch our interview between Editor-in-Chief Rachel Kramer Bussel and Lynn Brown Rosenberg, in which they explore topics such as; What happens to a woman who seeks to rediscover her sexuality at 70? Does she buy toys and porn? Does she push her boundaries to even greater extremes by joining a sex chat website? At Residence 11 we were lucky enough to catch up with Lynn Brown Rosenberg, and ask her a few questions about her experiences that led to her celebrated memoir. Watch the full interview here:
On her early sex education:
“My mother said anyone who enjoys sex is a prostitute. That was just one of many incidences of this. I became repressed emotionally and sexually.”
On not pursuing her sexual desires:
“I had a sexual desire, certainly when I got into my twenties. I did have sex with a few men, maybe more than a few. I had the desire, but I wasn’t free. I had all these messages in my head from my parents.”
On her sexual journey:
“I didn’t know a whole lot about sex. I just knew that I had the desire. So when I had sex with someone, it was exciting. But I was not totally with it… I never explored a thing about sex until I turned 70.”
“It was all exciting. Each stage I went through was exciting. I just got more and more excited the more things I did. And also during this time I started writing sexual stories and that really helped me to get excited, even writing my own stories!”
On what she wishes she’d explored sooner:
“I wish I tried everything sooner. I just had no idea and I was close-minded because of my upbringing. It took these stages that I went through. Every part was thrilling, eye-opening…it was an amazing journey.”
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About the Desire Summit: The Residence 11 Desire Summit, sponsored by sex toy companies FUN FACTORY and Blush, intimate audio platform BLOOM, romance novel publisher Avon Books, and yoga teacher training company Ganja Yoga, will feature extensive educational sessions with over 20 diverse authors and subject matter experts across psychology, physical intimacy, technology innovation, sexual health, music and narrative storytelling. Speakers include writer Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, author of The Sex Lives of African Women, polyamory expert Kevin Patterson, author of Love’s Not Color Blind, sex educator and dating expert Erin Tillman, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling romance author and TikTok favorite Sierra Simone (Priest, American Queen), Mia Hopkins (author of Tanked, one of The New York Times’ best 2022 romances, romance novelist Suzanne Park (The Do Over, The Christmas Clash), and Taylor Hahn, author of swinging novel The Lifestyle, among others. Keynote speakers will be intimacy coach Zoë Kors, author of Radical Intimacy: Cultivate the Deeply Connected Relationships You Desire and Deserve, speaking on 6 Questions That Will Get You Instantly Connected to Anyone, and sex educator Dirty Lola, who appeared as a sexpert on Netflix’s The Principles of Pleasure, speaking on The State of Modern Dating. Get tickets here for the Desire Summit.