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"Girls who squirt" by Tristan Taormino I know that alot of people are doing the sex column thing these days. Apparently, it's a good way to attract readers. However, I'd like to sip my coffee without reading sentences like this: "Have you ever had your hand inside a girl, fucking her really well, and all of a sudden she soaked the bed?" No, I haven't. And may I add that this kind of in-your-face bluntness was only en vogue when it was shocking. I know. I contributed my share of nasty talk to the cultural void that is publishing. We've broken through an important barrier in frankness when it comes to doing it. I'm glad. Now, a little mystery please? "Too 'Hot' for Harper's" by Cynthia Cotts Meeeow! Hiss hiss. "Sexgate North" by James Ridgeway Monica and Bill in the same town? Meeeow! Hiss hiss. - - - - - - - - - - - - Tattoo Jew Issue 3 Superman is Jewish? Leonard Nimoy speaks Yiddish? I'm not actually sure if this site is funny. But I'm also about as Jewish as Hillary Clinton, so many jokes elude me. Edited by the poet Alan Kaufman and stacked with fancy contributors -- porn queen Annie Sprinkle, David Mamet and others -- it's certainly a zine worth watching. - - - - - - - - - - - - The Stranger, Sept. 2-8 "Everything but the Girl" by Rebecca Brown In this smart but troubling essay, Rebecca Brown calls for greater acceptance of lesbian writing in the mainstream. Then she complains about lesbian writers who are rewarded only for the work they do that isn't specifically about lesbians, Dorothy Allison's "Bastard Out of Carolina," for instance. While her point that the mainstream is unable to accept tales by lesbians about lesbians is salient, she doesn't seem to realize that sexual-identity angst is fine fodder for college diarists, but rarely translates into great fiction. - - - - - - - - - - - - Philadelphia City Paper, Sept. 2-8 "Hit & Run Neighbor" by Howard Altman "We all have times in our lives when it feels like we’ve been hit by a truck. A couple of weeks ago, I discovered what it feels like for real. And before I even landed on the ground, I knew it would make a good story," writes Howard Altman in the opening sentence of a story that is not only not good, it sucks so bad that it's mildly amusing. - - - - - - - - - - - - Nerve Mag Nerve publishes portions of persecuted artist Spencer Tunick's Naked States tour. It's a lovely demonstration of how the Web can be used to display art, though it takes some time to load. - - - - - - - - - - - - One final note: I will be on vacation for the next two weeks. So if you want to know what's in the alternative press, you're going to have to slog through it by your lonesome. Best of luck! See you on Sept. 24.
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