And I did want to use a hermaphrodite as the narrator. It seemed to me that a novelist has to have a hermaphroditic imagination, since you should be able to go into the heads of men and women if you want to write books. What better vehicle for that than a hermaphrodite narrator?
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I started with the idea of writing a fictional memoir of a ( Read more... )

Has anyone heard of or seen Isabella Rossellini's "Green Porno"? I'm pretty sure I first read about it about a year ago, in a New York Times interview with Rossellini. If it wasn't there then I don't know where.

Anyway, there was an article in the most recent issue of Bitch Magazine that discussed Rossellini's "Green Porno" along with the show and ( Read more... )

I made a post similar to this awhile ago, but this list is far more comprehensive. Name of store, location, specialty if any. Not all of the stores I would consider feminist, and some do sell unsafe toys, so if it says it's made of jelly, don't buy it. Not all of them have online shops. Some of them are on etsy and those are going to have a very ( Read more... )

?If you want to get a few inches deeper into the Watchmen experience, and you’re male (and you probably are; there’s a reason they’re called “fanboys”), here’s your chance: Watchmen condoms. To be honest, I’m not certain these things are completely safe. When your partner sees you sporting the mystical blue wang of Dr. Manhattan (or Billy Crudup, ( Read more... )

This is like the story of my life.

Along with publicity - and perhaps more important than publicity - proper book placement at mega-chain bookstores can make or break an author. The publishers pay for shelf space in the same way that businesses pay for retail real estate: the better the location, the higher the cost. Publishers even pay to determine whether the front or the spine of ( Read more... )

This came way sooner than I expected. Oh, the hilarity.

If most women wait until they are in the mood before making love with their husband, many women will be waiting a month or more until they next have sex.

-gasp!- Surely not! A month or more, why that's just insane. Doesn't male genitalia fall off if it goes without sex for that long?

But for ( Read more... )

Colbert Report November 11, 2008: Proposition 8 Protests - Dan Savage

Colbert: Meanwhile, the California gay-stapo spent Sunday protesting Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment which bans same-sex marriage. One of the biggest protests took place at Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church. Now, Warren has been one of the loudest proponents of gay ( Read more... )

Japan bans child pornography, as long as it's not in manga or anime form.

Sexually explicit comics account for a sizeable chunk of Japan's 500bn yen manga market. Many feature schoolgirls or childlike adults being raped or engaging in sadomasochism.
Manga belonging to the popular "lolicon" - Japanese slang for Lolita complex - genre are likely to ( Read more... )

Lupercalia may not be the sole, direct origin of Valentine's Day, but ask me if I care (hint: I don't). It's still full of awesome. See a visual representation here. I have provided you with a simple guide to celebrating Lupercalia, in 9 easy steps.

Step 1: Luperci priests gather on Palantine Hill at the cave of Luperci.

Step 2: Vestel virgins bring ( Read more... )