June 2008
Is it smut or what?
“Defining Smut” by Laura Roberts
photo: Nick Rudnicki, blee-ree-eyed.com
For Black Heart, the intent has never really been to titillate. Sure, I’m happy if the images in my magazine turn people on, or if the stories get them off, but even quickie sex should be about more than just grunting, puffing and the expulsion of cum. If you just want a sexy story, there are millions...
Two very wonderful albums with composition...
Tuscadero’s The Pink Album
The new album by The Hazzards, Secrets, all about boners, periods, Hasidim, along with a cover of “Sweet Child O’ Mine” - it’s highly recommended.
Way back in 2004, I interviewed them for Gothamist. I also crowned them Best Ukelele-Playing Fag Hags in the Voice Best of 2006. Ah, Best Of issue, I miss writing for you.
I never thought I'd link to Deadspin, but...
And I feel a little bit icky for doing so, loyalties and all, but I do think what Will wrote is true (and the Gerard Cosloy connection is totally bizarre - and on another Cosloy note, no, I sadly did not get to see Liz Phair tonight):
If you are going to put your name out there in the public sphere, as a celebrity, or an athlete, or a media member, or just a stupid blogger, you have to recognize...
Sweet June Holidays
From How to Eat a Cupcake
June - National Candy Month, Dairy Month, Fresh Produce Month, Iced Tea Month, and Papaya Month June 20 - Vanilla Milkshake Day June 21 - Peaches and Cream Day June 22 - Chocolate Eclair Day June 23 - Pecan Sandy Day June 24 - Pralines Day June 25 - Strawberry Parfait Day June 26 - Chocolate Pudding Day June 27 - Orange Blossom Day June 28 - Tapioca Day June 29 - Almond...
Shawn Colvin to write memoir
I’m really looking forward to this; she’s one of my favorite songwriters, and “Polaroids” was the first song I ever heard Mary Lou Lord sing (on the Safe and Sound benefit compliation). I think “Trouble” is such a brilliant song, among many others. Via Yahoo!
Shawn Colvin, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, is working on a memoir, “A Few Small...
The cupcake backlash continues →
"everyone should have a noncreepy, engaging,...
My friend Judy McGuire interviewed Jen Dziura and Bobby Blue for Time Out New York about dating in NYC.
Why I'll never be a novelist
Because I never feel the way Susannah Breslin does.
And you know what? It’s going to be okay. It really fucking is. I cannot wait to put this horrid week behind me though.
“Radar: What made you want to write Trophies?
Heather: Probably a bad clam or...”
– Radar interview with Heather Thomas, author of Trophies
This may not work cause I know…nothing about...
Shibari by Mistress Y
“Ropes & Erotica: Turning on to the Art of Shibari,” Mistress Y, SMITH Mag dominatrix diary
Practitioners of Shibari consider it a form of martial art and it is a kind of erotic sport. The act of tying the body is foreplay. It’s not about passively accepting worship or stoically barking commands; instead it requires getting close to the partner, encircling them, binding their...
"Getting frisky with frosting"
“Getting Frisky with Frosting,” The Toronto Star
Frosty is a cupcake all right, with her come-hither smile and fishnet stockings.
She’s also the mascot for an unconventional business called Frostitution, and the alter ego of Karen Wielonda, a 27-year-old Toronto baker who can make pretty much anything out of cake and buttercream icing.
“I do whatever you want me to...
I think hair-pulling is hot
But apparently someone at The Frisky doesn’t. You can weigh in there, but I’m a big fan. If I can dig up my old erotica story “The Real Reason I Have Long Hair,” which is about hair-pulling, I will. It’s short but sweet. I think though that this short bit is a trend amongst lots of writers who kindof trying to have a laissez faire “to each their own”...
Erotica article in Publisher's weekly
I get a tiny mention regarding my Avon Red anthology Bedding Down, but am even more glad the fabulous Kara Wuest of Cleis Press got quoted. These kinds of articles almost always focus only on the major imprints, ignoring Cleis, which I think publishes some of the best erotica around. And yes, of course I’m biased, but even if you don’t think it’s the best, clearly they publish a...
Daily Intel interviews Ruth Fowler, aka Mimi in...
As I previously posted, I highly recommend her memoir No Man’s Land.
Daily Intel interviews former stripper (and current blogger) Ruth Fowler:
“You do not write about strip clubs, you don’t talk to journalists,” says Ruth Fowler, explaining why she got fired from Times Square strip club Flash Dancers. “It’s like this code of silence sort of thing.” Though she came to New York to be a...
“My sister has called me a liar at nearly every meal we’ve shared since I...”
– Author’s Note, Lopsided: How having breast cancer can be really distracting, a memoir by Meredith Nortion
Apparently, I'm a Naked Chick on a Post-It Note
Very surreal. From the blog Naked Chicks on Post-It Notes (a likeness from a photo of me) via Alison Tyler
"Jamie Lynn Sprouts!"
Gotta love E’s headline:
The littlest Spears has made way for an even tinier version of herself.
E! News has confirmed that Jamie Lynn Spears and fiancé Casey Aldridge welcomed daughter Maddie Briann this morning, the first child for the young couple.
The tot was born this morning at the Mississippi Southwest Regional Medical Center in McComb, Miss., near the Spears’ homebase of...
My Tristan Taormino interview at Seduction Insider
NSFW needless to say - my interview with Tristan Taormino from the May 2008 issue of Penthouse Variations is now online at Seduction Insider:
Q: Why do you think it’s important to bring an arsenal of toys? Do you do it because you want them in your movies, or just to give them more options?
A: More options. A lot of people still won’t shoot vibrators during intercourse because...
“According to Twitterholic (www.twitterholic.com), a site that tracks Twitter...”
– “Barack Obama’s Lesson in Social Media,” by Brent Leary, Black Enterprise
"Blowjob" should actually describe a blowjob, on...
alexbalk:
From Gawker Media’s monthly editorial newsletter:
GAWKER ON LANGUAGE, FOUL LANGUAGE From ass-fucking to Balk’s Cock, risque writing is a hallmark of Gawker blogs - even though it means we sometimes don’t get linked to from mainstream news outlets as a result. But I’ve noticed a lot of unnecessarily foul language appearing in headlines and articles lately. As a general rule, headlines...
Leave Mary Rambin Alone →
ameliamagritte:
jessicagoldharalson:
thewordunheard:
This is a link to a juice-fast program, one of those “sign-up-with-us-and-we’ll-deliver-your-cleansing-juices-and-teas” kind of things. That I found on Mary Rambin’s tumblr.
This Organic L.O.V.E. (Live Organic Vegan Experience) costs $350. And that’s not including shipping.
WHAT KIND OF SHALLOW IDIOT SPENDS ALMOST FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS TO...
“I knew in general terms that Klimt produced a large volume of erotic drawings,...”
– “The fine line between high art and erotica,” Philip Henser, The Independent
image via The Times Online
“The manliest thing a guy can have is confidence, and I summoned all mine in a...”
– “My manhood is burning,” Scott Nathan Green, Daily Illini
Thanks, Flavorpill!
Flavorpill gives Thursday’s In The Flesh (June 19th, 8-10 pm, 21+, FREE at Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome St) a plug!
This month’s installment of Rachel Kramer Bussel’s In the Flesh reading series is queer-centric, but all dirty-minded page turners are welcome. Trans advocate Cris Beam reads her entry from the anthology Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex and...
“Writers dreams of the day when they’ll hold their book in their hands, when...”
– “I Love My Cover” by Ellen Sussman, Readerville (it’s a topic I’m very interested in - on Monday Mediabistro is running a story I wrote about authors and book covers)
And here’s the cover in question:
Sex or materialism - which is more offensive?
image via Daily Intel
You really can’t make stuff like this up. Now, I’m not for the ridiculously overblown consumerism of all the merchandising of Sex and the City (no, not even the $4,295 Judith Leiber cupcake clutch). But wtf? I don’t think the issue with this sign is the word “sex” - it’s the insinuation that you “need” the shoes somehow....
