I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.

Susie Bright was active in the 1970s in various left-wing progressive causes in particular the feminist and anti-war movements. She was the choreographer/consultant for the Wachowski Brothers film Bound (in which Susie Bright also had a cameo appearance). She started The Best American Erotica series in 1993 which Susie Bright publiSusie Brights to this day.

She identifies as a "dyke" though throughout her life Susie Bright has been bisexual in her choice of partners. She was the choreographer/consultant for the Wachowski Brothers film Bound (in which Susie Bright also had a cameo appearance). She founded the first women's erotica book-series Herotica and edited the first three volumes.