Meet the Leather World, circa 1975

[thornyc]

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[canadad]

Thanks, Unca Thor.

[mondragon]

I should have guessed that "lesbian sex wars" would have its own Wikipedia entry. I remember those times.

[thornyc]

Thank the goddesses there was somebody willing to do the heavy lifting!

My favorite book from that era: Caught Looking: Feminism, Pornography, and Censorship, trenchant pro-sex essays plus lots of explicit photos to jerk off to!

[sirpupnyc]

Thanks as always!

I was going to say that there was a way to get rid of the highlights on your search terms in the images...and there is, just not what I remembered. I'm pretty sure the last time I went wandering through the great Google, there was a convenient little "unhighlight my search" thingy that wasn't obvious. Now it seems not to be there. But you *can* click "browse this newspaper" and then back into the particular issue and the highlights are gone.

[thornyc]

I'll do that next time. Thanks!

[wescobear]

Oh hell, I remember getting chaps made at The Marquis de Suede in 1983. And I remember going to the Mineshaft around that time, with Wally the manager going around unscrewing light bulbs to improve the 'atmosphere'...

[bearhedded]

Mark, the bartender at the Seattle Eagle, back when it was still "Judy's Lounge" (actually, the J & L Saloon) spent an entire afternoon, rearranging the clear G-25 lamps to read: CUM CUM CUM CUM.... all the way around the room!

[pensivegargoyle]

I've been doing a bit of this lately myself, looking at stuff such as this archive of Jack Frischer's work. It reads like ancient history to someone my age (sorry!) but it's fascinating.

We can all take nourishment from the roots.

[thornyc]

Jack Fritscher invented leather, you know.

[bitterlawngnome]

oh thank goodness, now we know who to stake!

[pensivegargoyle]

Except you had to wear your onions over it, because that was the style at the time. :)

[jaspamaster]

Wow I remember reading this article when it came out