Sex
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Swinging in China
“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 practiced group sex and partner swapping. In online chat rooms,…
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Nothing But Trouble: Hookers & Memoir
The Rumpus Interview with Bruce BendersonThe 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 it has the power to dunk one’s entire world into…
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Japan’s Splitter-Uppers: “Part-Private Investigator, Part-Prostitute”
“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 troublesome ex-boyfriend who won’t leave you alone? A beloved son…
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Female Punks
“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 Blase discusses the British punk scene of the 1970s with…
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“Nancy Drew’s Sexy Secrets”
“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 was in ecstasies over Nancy’s powder blue evening gown…” Back…
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“How did you become a rock ‘n’ roller, anyway?”
“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 was a painter before that, studying commercial art at Bromley…
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Blogger Fired for Sexy Site
“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 a good worker and an intelligent person, I hope you…
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #34: Are You My Mother?
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)
“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 that’s truly dangerous and unbounded is solitary.” In response to…
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #33: Orgasm-Friendly Zone
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
“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 her chin and lips, her brown hair, her tinted eyelids.…