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Tragic Denouement for Romance Victim
This is tragic: The day after I posted my Cassandra-like warning, Alisa Valdez, the author of The Feminist & the Cowboy, wrote on her blog that her lover had knocked her up, then immediately...
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I Have Something to Say about Aaron Swartz's Suicide and the Special Way the...
Twice in my career I've been asked to serve as an expert witness on the defense team of an obscenity trial, where the prosecution was spearheaded by the U.S. Justice Department. I was naive enough—...
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4 Things I Never Understood Before About Obama's Inauguration
1. Before today, I only had ever seen the Inauguration on TV. Maybe for five minutes before I switched channels. I am here to tell you: the live event, the whole weekend, is NOTHING like what you see...
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43 Paints
I want to talk about two paintings, “Artist in the Shower” and “Artist in the Bath,” by the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. They were revealed when the former POTUS's e-mail was...
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Cozy Cornbread Chicken Pot Pie
This exquisitely comforting recipe is upon Aretha's request, who looked at me with her big brown eyes and said, "Mommy, please!" This casserole reminds me of my mom's cooking, too. She was keen on...
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My Oscar Predictions: Comatose and Coatless
Years ago, I sewed myself a Jazz Age Oscar-Night coat, black and gold velvet, swooping to the floor. With my hair in marcelle waves, you'd swear I was Zelda Fitzgerald. I don it for every Academy...
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The Feminist Porn Book Editors Respond to Gayle Rubin
We thank Gayle Rubin for her critique of the Introduction to our volume, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure. We take her point seriously but feel it misrepresents our text. We...
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The Feminist Sex Wars and the Myth of the Missing Middle
I was quite delighted to hear about the recent publication of The Feminist Porn Book, edited by Tristan Taormino, Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Constance Penley and Mireille Miller-Young, and chock full of...
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What the Frack? Chasing Oil in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Oil drilling derrick, De Laveaga Park, Santa Cruz, c. 1926. Local subscribers funded an oil-drilling project on public lands that drilled fitfully (with each infusion of investor money) from 1924...
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Miss Jean Brodie's Modestly Magnificent Spring Fling Movie Quiz
1) The classic movie moment that everyone loves except me is: Sharon Stone crossing her legs in Basic Instinct. Big Whoop. I'd rather see Grace Kelly cross her brow. That disappointment is closely...
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Pain, Kink, Shame— and a Unicorn Chaser. Greta Christina's New Erotic Epic!
Here's how it begins: a photographer, and a woman in her thirties or early forties. He is a porn photographer who sometimes does other professional work; she is a professional woman who sometimes looks...
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The Swiss Marriage Questionnaire. I Took It; Now It's Your Turn.
Do you still find marrage a problem? Formally, yes. I'm not married. Marriage was political anethema when I was marrying age. I was born in 1958. But now, I've lived with my companion for 25 years, so...
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Big Lebowski Original Soundtrack. In Order. With All Those Hard To Find Numbers.
Tumbling Tumble Weeds, Sons of the Pioneers, composed by Bob Nolan The Man in Me, written and performed by Bob Dylan Mucha Muchacha, Esquivel, composed by Juan Garcia Esquivel I Hate You, The Monks,...
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Money, Fame, Love--- Making Audiobooks. Susie Tells All in Portland Next Week.
I have a story to make your ears grow and your wallet bulge. The topic is the audio revolution. If you are an active writer, publisher, or agent— get ready for explosive candor on my part. I'm speaking...
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Just A Small Circle of Friends: Roasting Ron Turner
Litquake gave Last Gasp's beloved Ron Turner their Barbary Coast Honor this year. "In recognition of decades of publishing and community service efforts, Litquake plans to tear Ron Turner a new one. "A...
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Magnificent Feast in 3 Hours — A Fakesgiving Holiday Special
I threw a holiday feast because I knew I was going to be in absentia on The Big Day and I couldn't stand to miss out on my favorite foods. I had three hours to do all the shopping and cooking. I called...
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The Naughty List— Publisher and Agent FAILS No Author Wants to Hear
As I don my gay apparel and consider whose stocking I will stuff full of treats and girl-crush this year, my tiny dark side has demanded a turn. There is a naughty list. As fair readers know, in...
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My Answers to Professor Larry Gopnik's Post-Hanukah, Pre-Christmas,...
1) Favorite unsung holiday film? The Ref. Too famous, you say? Well, i would like to take some of the credit for that, because I have flogged it as "best Christmas movie ever" for a very long time....
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Best Doggone Kody Dog Ever
Kodiak Rest in Peace April 1, 2001- January 9, 2015 Oh have you seen my dear companion For he was all this world to me I hear he's gone to some far country and he fares no more to be I wish I were a...
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Lung Cancer Noir - Ariel Gore's Masterpiece.
I have this recurring nightmare that my mother is alive. She never died. I've made a terrible mistake. I have to call my editor. We can't publish the book. I don't know how I could have made such a...
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