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Swinging in China

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • May 21, 2010
“In private, the professor, Ma Yaohai, 53, led a life that became intolerable to Chinese authorities: for the past six years, he was a member of informal swingers clubs that…
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Nothing But Trouble: Hookers & Memoir
The Rumpus Interview with Bruce Benderson

  • Antonia Crane
  • May 19, 2010
The Romanian is an enthralling memoir about Benderson’s consuming affair with a male hustler he encountered in Budapest, while doing research. I wondered about that timeless troll, desire, and how…
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Go Figure

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • May 18, 2010
A scientific study from 1996 shows that out of a group made up of 35 “homophobic men” and 29 “nonhomophobic men” (“they were assigned to groups on the basis of…
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Japan’s Splitter-Uppers: “Part-Private Investigator, Part-Prostitute”

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • May 13, 2010
“The function of the wakaresase-ya is the direct opposite of a dating agency: with great ingenuity, and the right fee, they will prise apart human relationships. Do you have a…
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Female Punks

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • May 13, 2010
“Punk was something you did rather than listened to, or admired. It was about being that person yourself, rather than standing back and thinking that somebody else was great.” Cazz…
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“Nancy Drew’s Sexy Secrets”

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • May 13, 2010
“The girls accordingly enjoyed themselves by admiring each other’s dainty lingerie, choosing the stockings which would best match slippers and frocks, and so for a time forgot the mystery. Helen…
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“How did you become a rock ‘n’ roller, anyway?”

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • May 12, 2010
“Truth? I was broke. I got into rock because it was enjoyable way of making my money and taking four or five years to puzzle my next move out. I…
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Blogger Fired for Sexy Site

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • May 6, 2010
“We simply cannot risk any possible link between our mission and the sort of photos and material that you openly share with the online public. While I know you are…
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #34: Are You My Mother?

  • Sugar
  • April 29, 2010
You might lose your heart, honey, but you’ll keep your hat.
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In a World Without Taboos (We’d Just Be Jerking Off)

  • Michael Berger
  • April 22, 2010
“When, they ask, are things going to get dirty again? “If you want an answer to that question, ladies and gentlemen, let me propose one. In 2010, the only sex…
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #33: Orgasm-Friendly Zone

  • Sugar
  • April 22, 2010
Yes, you are obliged to tell the men you’re sleeping with regularly that you’re not sleeping with them exclusively. There are no exceptions to this rule.
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Cross-Dressing Vollmann

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • April 20, 2010
“As she works on me, I fall into a drowse, enjoying the caress of the black brush, the sound of rain outside, Yukiko standing over me. I gaze up at…
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