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S/M in the Media I’ve been keeping a file for some time into which I throw any media s/m reference I come across. About four years ago, it occurred to me that s/m was about to become a visible presence in mainstream American culture. I predicted it would take about five years, and I […]
Tech Sex: For Better, For Worse As Lisa Palac, “queen of high-tech porn” and editor of Future Sex magazine, enjoys pointing out, every new technological achievement quickly finds its way, like water flowing downhill, to a sexual application. When the photographic process was first discovered, one of its first uses was to create enticing […]
Paraphilopolis Journal Overheard at a San Francisco coffee shop: Young woman behind the counter: “Mikey! Good to see you! How come you never come in any more? Do I have to beat you?” Mikey (thoughtful pause): “Beating would be nice….” They both look over at me, a little shyly. I smile warmly, to reassure […]
Objectification 101: How Can So Much Misunderstanding Derive from a Simple Double Entendre? I’ve been wanting to spin some thoughts on “The Sexual Objectification of Women” for a while now, so I guess I’m glad that Layne’s last column gives me an appropriate excuse. As Spectator’s Rational Editor knows very well, and the rest […] Crying Holy I had to talk my way into the preview of Wayne Corbitt’s new play, Crying Holy. The publicity director for Theatre Rhinoceros has a policy against letting press into previews and she didn’t know Spectator from a high school newspaper or her worst image of a sleazy sex rag. It was […] |
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