Empire of the Sun, French edition, Denoël (1985), with cover art ‘Singapour 1945′ by Ronald Seatle. Thanks to Herve for all cover scans. Interview by Tony Cartano & Maxim Jakubowski. Translation by Dan O’Hara. The following interview, originally titled ‘Le passé compos...

Thanks to Quill for excavating this tasty historical treat from the pages of Slate magazine. Lots of fascinating details for sex scholars. The opening of a sex shop in the historic district of Alexandria, Va., has generated outrage among local residents, who claim such a business sullies an area onc...

Not sure if I've mentioned it on the blog before, but I will be making an (increasingly rare) public appearance at the 2009 Leather Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA , scheduled for the first weekend in April. I am looking forward to this event with great excitement for several reasons. First, I ...

From the Chronicle of Higher Education Brigham Young University has rejected an appeal from a student who had completed all the requirements for a degree but saw his diploma withheld last year after he published Men on a Mission, a calendar of buff Mormon missionaries without shirts, the Associated ...

Reading Patrick Ruffini’s jeremiad against “the Joe-the-Plumberization of the GOP,” it suddenly struck me that Joe may well be the first full-fledged metapundit. Here’s what I mean.  It’s hardly new to see political advocates whose non-ideological identities are as imp...

Andrew Sullivan links to a New Scientist story suggesting that they do. However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds. … Eight of the top...

In case you missed this (originally published last September), Mike just helpfully sent me a link to a story about Fidel Castro's revoluationary appetites. I always took Castro for a fucker, I just never meant it literally before. Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has bedded approximately 35,000 women in ...

Do you know whether or not you are a prostitute? by Lara AgustínThat’s the question raised by a sign seen at Zapata’s Mexican Cantina in Shanghai. I’ve been worrying about prostitution qua prostitution only since the early 1990s. Before that I didn’t read books about it— I didn’t go to....

With all the hype and excitement over the inauguration, you may have missed this depressing bit of news about an SM event that was cancelled because of pressure from ring-wing Christian groups.  Spear-headed by the always profoundly disgusting Peter Barbera -- a right-winger so obsessed with SM tha...

Fantastic, exciting news from our friends in Sweden, from the mailing list for the group "Revise F65" which has been dedicated to educating and motivating the medical community to stop treating kinky sex as if it was a disease. They've succeeded! Kinky sex will no longer be viewed or treated as path...