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DeCurtis, Anthony (December 10, 1992). "1992: The Year in Music". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 13, 2016 . Retrieved October 12, 2016. Music Now!" (PDF). The Hard Report. December 4, 1992. p.55. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2020 . Retrieved January 24, 2021. Milmo, Dan (February 12, 2002). "Campbell defends nude Madonna book pictures". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013 . Retrieved September 18, 2011. In 2002, Naomi Campbell said she had "a lot of respect for Madonna being bold enough to come out and do a book on sex. I've never reneged on that." [105] In 2009, rapper Vanilla Ice confessed to being unhappy with the book once he saw it. "My friends were like, 'Dude, that's cool man', but I was like, 'I'm dating her, it's not cool to see your girlfriend with all these other people' [...] It kinda ruined the whole thing. I wonder what her kids think of that book? Here she is writing kids' books now but they're going to see it and go, 'Mommy, what were you thinking?'" [106] Another of the book's models, actress Isabella Rossellini, told Out that she regretted her participation: "I don't think the book worked, even though the photos were extraordinary, and some of them quite memorable. I think there was a little bit of a moralistic sort of 'I'll teach you how to be free!' – and that bothered the hell out of me." [107] Gregory, Kirschling (October 25, 2002). "The Naked Launch". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013 . Retrieved November 30, 2012.

Madonna: The First 50 Years". Access Hollywood. August 16, 2008. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017 . Retrieved February 2, 2017. Taraborrelli, J. Randy (2008). Madonna: An Intimate Biography. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-330-45446-9. Kilian, Michael (October 7, 1992). "In Time For The Gift-giving Season: Madonna Gets Bookish About". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012 . Retrieved September 18, 2011.Madonna hired top-notch talent for the book's development, [9] and counted on the help of friends from the music, film and fashion industry. [12] She hired Fabien Baron as the art director, [13] fashion photographer Steven Meisel, editor Glenn O'Brien, make-up artist Francois Nars and hairstylist Paul Cavaco. [1] [6] [14] Madonna originally wanted the book to be an oval shape to simulate a condom, but its printing and manufacturing would have been too expensive. Meisel would later comment: "Madonna and I can keep up with each other", noting "I'm doing things to make people think too. It's not really to antagonize or to push people's buttons. It's really to present another way of seeing things." [1] a b Selvin, Joel (December 6, 1999). "Web Makes Finding Racy Madonna Book Easy". San Francisco Chronicle. ProQuest 411406844. Archived from the original on September 7, 2022 . Retrieved September 6, 2022– via ProQuest. Madonna's book "Sex' banned in Ireland". Journal Times. November 2, 1992. Archived from the original on April 17, 2022 . Retrieved April 17, 2022.

Cooper, Mike (April 16, 1993). "Music Now!" (PDF). The Hard Report. p.60. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 26, 2020 . Retrieved January 24, 2021.Find out-of-print books". AbeBooks. Archived from the original on September 7, 2022 . Retrieved September 6, 2022.

a b c d Faith, Karlene (1997). Liberated Sex Crusader?. University of Toronto Press. p.114. ISBN 1442676884– via Archive.org. Parsley, Aaron; Shultz, Cara Lynn (August 14, 2008). "Madonna: 50 Looks We Can't Forget". People. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013 . Retrieved March 23, 2013.Citizen says Madonna's "Sex" violates anti-obscenity laws". The Advocate. October 2, 1992. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014 . Retrieved June 8, 2013. The naked truth: Madonna sells Singer's controversial book 'Sex' making a big hit in Austin". Austin American-Statesman. August 22, 1992. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014 . Retrieved June 8, 2013. Madonna Reinvented for the very last time". Vogue. February 14, 2011. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013 . Retrieved December 21, 2012. In France, Madonna held the record for the highest first-month sales for a book in history, before being surpassed by Thierry Meyssan with L'Effroyable Impasture in 2002. [77] In Paris alone, 23,000 copies were sold in the first hour of release. [64] Sex sold 7,220 units in Spain within its first two days, [64] and 2,000 copies in the first five-hours in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. [78] In Italy, the book moved 5,000 copies. [79] By October 24, a spokeswoman for Australian distributors, Octopus Publishing, informed thousands of copies of Sex had been sold in Western Australia. [80] Despite the censorship, Sex was able to sell 150,000 units of an edited version of the initial printing in Japan, topping the national best-selling list upon its release. [81] [50] According to the Chinese state newspaper, the book sold 5,000 copies in the first-week in the city of Shanghai alone. [82] Although the book was censored shortly after its publication, several hundred of copies were sold in the Irish capital. [83] Jacos, Matthew (October 23, 2017). "25 Years Later, Madonna's 'Sex' Book Is Still Pop's Most Radical Moment". HuffPost. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022 . Retrieved May 17, 2019.

Madonna at the “Sex” book launch party with editor Glenn O’Brien (left) and photographer Steven Meisel at Industria Superstudio in 1992. Getty Images a b c d e f g h i Wilker, Deborah (November 5, 1992). "Madonna She's Got Sex For Our Eyes And Erotica For Our Ears". Sun-Sentinel. pp.1–2. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014 . Retrieved December 12, 2012.I spent the next few years being interviewed by narrow-minded people who tried to shame me for empowering myself as a Woman,” Madonna wrote. “I was called a whore, a witch, a heretic and the devil.” One of the most memorable photographs from SEX shows Madonna walking nude along a Miami street. Courtesy Christie's