Xtravaganza and Michael Kors in the House
On Saturday, November 14, 2009, I attended “MODA, La Envidia Xtravaganza Ball.” The ball was a drag competition hosted by Hector Xtravaganza at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza, which was…
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Jonathan Ames Wears Many Hats
Jonathan Ames wears many hats: writer, boxer, performer, raconteur, and screenwriter. The hat he wears in his video interview on bigthink.com is a jaunty chapeau; a beanie perched atop Ames’…
The Leather Daddy And The Femme
There is not enough nice things you can say about the incredible varieties of sexual diversity in San Francisco. I think as Bay Area folk it’s easy to take it…
RECESSION SEX WORKERS #5: The Rise and Fall of JT
If I’ve learned anything from interviewing JT, it’s that “no one ends up in the adult industry by accident” and “when you fall, you have to land somewhere.”
The Rumpus Interview with Molly Crabapple
Molly Crabapple is an artist, model, entrepreneur, and one-woman pen-and-ink revolution. She’s probably best known as the founder of the worldwide burlesque life drawing phenomenon, Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, which…
Are We Talking About Sex Differently?
My girlfriend is reading Henry Miller, we’re applying for food stamps and I’m having nightmares about children having died in my house. I spent the last weekend partying in Al…
My First Kiss: An Oral History
“I have no idea what her name was. Something Polish. It was a girl at a family reunion…” Selections from answers from interviews taken by students for English 251: Interviews and…
Porn Ads With My Coffee
(Editor’s note, Rumpus reader Katie Ryder wrote in to complain about the sex ads on The Rumpus sex blog. Links are NSFW) ** So, this afternoon I was taking a…
The Definition of Doing It
If you thought having sex was complicated, try defining it. Lexicographer and language expert Jesse Sheidlower, author of the famed F-Word, and currently serving as Editor at Large (North America)…
“The Hunted”
“Fadi called Ahmed. They spoke for an hour. They were devastated by their friends’ deaths, of course. They were also terrified. Under torture, Mazen and Namir may have given up…
Recession Sex Workers #4: There’s No Place Like Porn: The Unstoppable MILF Zoey Holloway
Zoey Holloway's background forced her to reckon with what it is to be “normal,” and she found home in the sex industry.