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I wanted to present three complicated portraits that raise important questions, not just about what it means to be a porn performer, but what it means to be a sexually open woman
...moreWe would like to thank everyone who came out for the “Let’s Make a Movie” Happy Baby Kickstarter party!
For those of you beyond the Bay Area and anyone who couldn’t make the show, you’re in luck. Below are the “Let’s Make a Movie” performances by Jill Sobule, Caitlin Gill, Josh Bearman, Doc Pop, Bucky Sinister, and Lorelei Lee.
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Mistress, the second in a series of short movies based on the novel Happy Baby, directed by Stephen Elliott.
...moreLorelei Lee, longtime Rumpus contributor, lover of books and creative writing scholar, is teaching “Sex, Death, Laughter, Disease: Writing and the Body,” a six-week class on corporeal creative writing hosted by the Center for Sex and Culture, SF.
You can buy tickets and find out more about the course here.
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A NIGHT TOGETHER: Presented by The Rumpus, Tin House and Flavorpill
On April 6, The Rumpus, Tin House and Flavorpill joined forces and presented a night of fiction, music, comedy and general mayhem at the Highline Ballroom. Despite the large size of the Highline, it was a remarkably cozy evening.
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New York writers, win a chance to read your work alongside Sam Lipsyte at our NYC event on April 6. Lipsyte is one of our featured guests at A Night Together, an event The Rumpus is co-hosting with Tin House and Flavorpill, which will also feature, among others, Michael Showalter, Lorelei Lee, Dave Hill, Colson Whitehead, Alina Simone and Jeffrey Lewis.
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Courtney Trouble’s no pedestrian pornographer. She’s a pale, femme, riot girl with squiggly tattoos and rocker bangs.
(This is an oral history of Lorelei Lee in her own words, transcribed and edited by Stephen Elliott. If you came here searching for adult content featuring Lorelei Lee, click here. The links in this article are not safe for work.)
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I was born in a convent in Buffalo.
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