Autorentext

Adam Zmith is a writer and podcast producer who explores themes of history, sex, LGBTQ+ experiences, politics, art and pleasure in his work. He has won numerous British Podcast Awards, including Podcast of the Year 2024 and Best Sex and Relationships Podcast for the series Press Play, Turn On. He is also the author of The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline That Listened (Faber, 2026) and Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures (Repeater, 2021), which won the Polari First Book Prize in 2022.

Klappentext

A candid and confessional cultural investigation into the kinky world of the foot fetish.

According to recent research, 1 in 7 people have fantasized about feet at some point in their lives, so why is this kink still often considered taboo? Queer writer and podcaster Adam Zmith dips a toe into the cultural and sexual history of the foot fetish-taking readers from medieval poetry to Renaissance paintings, OnlyFans to Fellow Travelers. Enlightening, erotic, and refreshingly nonjudgmental, Solemates is the rich, messy tale of our obsession with everything below the ankle-and a fascinating expose into what our desires reveal about how we view our bodies and our sexuality.

Inhalt

Introduction: My Timeless Tradition

Chapter 1: Walk Softly and Leave Prints

Chapter 2: The Beard-Strokers Chapter 3: A Particular and Quite Special Penis

Chapter 4: OnlyFeet

Conclusion: The Freak Inside