Category: Culture

A note from one lone girl in America after reading The Boston Phoenix’s Halloween Erotic Political Fiction With Palin/O’Donnell, Kerry/Brown, and Stewart/Cooper/Maddow — SEND HELP. It’s a trilogy, oh joy. With illustrations. ::weep * Gay Tea Party Witch Sex: Three tales of erotic political fiction “Slash fiction is a rich literary tradition. Ever since Spock…

Penthouse founder Bob Guccione died yesterday (technically still today for me). It felt strange to read about it in the news right after it hit the internet’s news sites, mostly because I thought about it as a pretty symbolic event. The magazine and its culture was a sentiment from before my time, and like its…

This Saturday October 16, Peter Acworth (of Kink.com fame) is celebrating his birthday — in the exact kind of exquisitely debauched Upper Floor, BDSM-flavored, no-expense-spared evening you’d expect. Or imagine. I found out it’s being broadcast live via the Upper Floor main page and is detailed here, so if you want to see what the…

Banned Books Week 2010: Still Time to Celebrate

View Book Bans and Challenges, 2007-2010 in a larger map Some people want to burn books that contain, represent or express ideas they hate; in America, a number of people (the same ones, most likely) try very hard every year to have certain books banned. They want them removed from American libraries, schools, anywhere they…

The brand new October issue of SanFranSexy is “Shame is Lame” (yes!) and features a column that Maxim ought to look up to: Professor Dandy’s Manchat helps guys embrace their “Gentleman Pervert” without being a doosh-baguette, and much more. It’s a free .pdf found here, and in print around the Bay Area’s finer naughty establishments.…

Big congratulations to the hardworking sex-positive pundits, activists and educators behind San Francisco’s new free arts, info and events magazine: SanFranSexy Zine! Finally, a hip, warm and welcoming monthly magazine about sex in SF. Sleaze free, sophisticated, and more fun than a barrel full of sex kittens! Get your free copy online, or offline the…