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The Fiction of Arousal: Harry Potter, Slash Fiction, And Female Bisexual Arousal Patterns

By Arlo Tolesco • Aug 11th, 2004 • Category: Blog

Is Harry Gay?
It’s time to out Harry. Not the heart throb prince alas, but everyone’s favorite plucky puckish adolescent magician.
The wily wand waver is a little light in the loafers — so says a paper in the July 2003 NAMBLA Bulletin, Is Harry Potter Gay? by Emu Nugent.
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Whitecoaters, Disco Sex and as the Egg Turns

By Arlo Tolesco • Jun 11th, 2004 • Category: Blog

Whitecoaters
Did you ever wonder why your gynecologist or proctologist entered into their chosen line of business? Whatever the reason, at least they can claim they’re doing it for the money. Sex researchers don’t even have that excuse. The fact of the matter is, whitecoaters (like “raincoaters,” a term used to describe a subclass of anti-social [...]



Exiled: Violet Blue’s The Ultimate Guide To Fellatio

By Arlo Tolesco • Apr 21st, 2004 • Category: Sex and Culture

If you believe, as I do, that good blow jobs contribute to the betterment of mankind, then our very own [previous - ed] editor of Good Vibes Magazine, Ms. Violet Blue qualifies as something of a saint. Her second book, The Ultimate Guide To Fellatio, has doubtlessly touched more hearts and souls than even the [...]



The Erotic Temples of Khajuraho

By Arlo Tolesco • Mar 21st, 2004 • Category: Sex and Culture

Definitions of words change. Crack open an Oxford English Dictionary and see how over the centuries words morph and transmute. It is the science of etymology that traces the history and evolution of language.
What you can’t find in the OED or etymology textbooks is how the meaning of a word or phrase can shift even [...]