Our gay friends, H&M, are tickled that I write slash. They recently got ahold of Jim Kirk's Adventures in Xenobiology and it led to a conversation with M about various things, some of which I'll post here for all us friendly ruminants to ruminate upon. M's thoughts are in boldface.

• I have read a lot of other very effective fiction for gay men ( Read more... )

The delicious sor_bet clued me in to this some time ago. I was only just reminded to share.

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We spent some time with the classic movie tonight. Mr. Tungsten had seen it but I never had.

My verdicts:

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It's is a startling portrayal of the self-loathing that went on among gay people before Stonewall. I was so curious about the timing that afterwards I even looked it up: this film premiered in May of 1969. The Stonewall riots happened at ( Read more... )

 
A lollarious take on what it means to invest too much in your sexual identity. Plus some sly digs at reality shows.

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Bonus points if you can spot the other nu!Trek actor in this clip.

Ideas are still churning in my head from Sunday and I want to get them written down. But feel free to keep commenting on the last entry. Your ideas have been ever so helpful.

Another segment of Jane Ward's talk that stood out to me the part involving how we think about desire. Traditionally it's been gender-based. If you desire people of your own ( Read more... )

I went to see a stimulating lecture this afternoon. Not because the speaker actually used the words "anal fisting" and not because she used these words in a room that on most days is the sanctuary of a church. The talk was intellectually stimulating.

Because brains, I has them.

Jane Ward, Professor of Women's Studies at UC Riverside gave a talk ( Read more... )

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Just discovered a great little series courtesy of the BBC. These people are unbelievable narcissists. Let's see what happens when this cute highland boi gets some style advice from a highly advanced computer.

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Before any bodies are switched, Kirk shows he can take it like a champ.

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You're in a red-lit club. Hunky guys, many without shirts, fill the dancefloor and gyrate on risers above. The music is happy pop, the kind that makes everybody just want to join hands no matter what color or shape they are. But this is not a text adventure game. This is Rage, one of West Hollywood's hottest venues and host of Game Boi, magnet for ( Read more... )