ROMAN POLANSKI: Wanted and Desired
A documentary film by Marina Zenovich 2008
I wonder if the people who’ve been calling for Roman Polanski’s head—and his body, back here in the USA—know all the confusing details of the case? I suspect not; if they did, they couldn’t possibly see the issue in stark black-and-white terms. But if they [...]
Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility
Nomy Lamm
“We are a new body of liberation,” proclaims Mistress of Ceremonies Cara Page, who opens Sins Invalid, a collection of skits by and about people with various disabilities. She introduces each performance and delivers poetic lines in between a parade of images and [...]
He didn’t try to redefine the English language. He didn’t clear his throat and look down at his shoes, ashamed. He didn’t force his wife to walk out onto the stage and hold his hand while he confessed his sins. And he didn’t pay a blackmailer two million dollars to shut up.
No, David Letterman, separating [...]
What were you told it would do to you?
You’ll go blind. / Your wee wee will fall off. / You’ll burn in hell.
Or, how ’bout this? Pornography will make you gay.
That’s the up-and-coming tactic the current generation of prudish parents plan to use to stop their kids from wanking. They say their target is porn, [...]
As some readers may know, I recently uploaded my novel, Halfway to the Stars, on Scribd, a relatively new service that offers unpublished/unpublishable books for sale. I’d only sent it out to a few agents/editors since completing it two years ago, and then stopped trying to publish it: after four previous novels I no longer [...]
You can buy a copy of my novel, Halfway to the Stars, at Scribd, for a mere 5 bucks. I’m trying this out. If anyone else has used Scribd I’m interested in hearing your stories.
Porn star Marilyn Chambers died two weeks ago, at the obscenely young age of 56. Cause of death still hasn’t been established, and I can’t help wondering if she took her own life.
Marilyn Chambers reigned supreme during what is widely considered to have been the heyday of porno movies–after the 1973 Supreme Court Miller decision [...]
The Position
by Meg Wolitzer
Scribner 2005
I don’t know when I’ve been more disappointed in a novel. The topic allegedly under consideration is what first attracted me: a family in which the four children stumble upon a sex self-help book written by their parents, which includes sketches of the couple fucking in every [...]
Did I go to sleep for a bunch of years and miss some phenomenal developments in the field of sex research? Or did something happen to jump-start sex research after a long dormant period brought on by Nine-Eleven, super patriotism, chastity clubs, and Bush time? I thought research on sex had come to a standstill [...]
Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madame (sic) of Crystal
HBO Documentary
Thanks to HBO, I was able to get the 411 on Heidi Fleiss, whose activities, as readers may know, I’ve been following for a couple of years. I started tracking the infamous Hollywood Madam when she announced plans to open a Stud Farm catering to [...]
