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“You see I am already poisoned by New York Media: I am...”
— New York (The First 6 Months,...

The Sexuality Umbrella (aka Foucault’s Wetdream, aka...

“Standing in front of the stage on Tuesday night felt...

(via madmenfootnotes)

“How did this happen? Well, I followed a pretty typical...”
— Lynsey G., “THE CONFLICTED...

“No fine writer seemed ever to have tried his hand at...”
— Anaïs Nin, October 1941

“Participatory Action Research emphasizes the involvement of...”
— Eight Forty-Eight - Study...

Barbara Kruger (via syntheticpubes)

Roxy Music, “In Every Dream Home A Heartache” (For Your Pleasure, 1973)

claytoncubitt: The Cure - ‘Fascination Street’ 1989 (purchase) In honor of the FDA banning clove...

Savoy Hotel, Washington DC

sheisacamera: 10 August 2000 (originally uploaded to...

fauxlaroids: David Lynch couldn’t have decorated the room...

The Raveonettes, Lust (Lust Lust Lust, 2008) I’m late to the party. I don’t care....

“The World is an internet service provider headquartered in...”
— The World (Wikipedia), where...

nicolai_g, untitled (albino alligator) (via contra natura...

"Tell me something that happened. Use...

merlin: Little stories are the internet’s native and ideal art form. Apart from the coltish...

“I don’t think we can blame our little Internet Dystopia for...”
— meaghano. (Who I would still...

“Not that I am painting a picture of some kind of dystopia...”
— a little threadjack on Bitch,...

Writing — really writing, where you can’t see...

“But I go back. I always go back. I can’t keep from looking.”
— She Is A Camera

Rachel Maddow: treating the sad state of women’s access to fair sexual & reproductive...

“Over the summer we had a load of conversations while...

“I’m not big on “woulda-coulda-shoulda” but...”
— just now, from a former...

The original photo by Sarah Sharp that we sent to Time Out...

“When I am done launching a client’s new site and...”
— my promise to you (probably.)

92y: Ira Glass’s account of his NYC arrival in 1984: I...

“Act two: love in the time of panopticon - in which we visit...”
— (My finger puppet Foucault...

Ira Glass Finger Puppet (by abbeychristine on Etsy, via rkb...

reminder. (via jay) [committing piracy at 30000 feet.]

“Question for an upcoming project: what material...

My sex work news room fantasy

“I’d love to see more feature stories with nuance that are about sex workers and sex work...

Prom

“Instead of listening to your CD player, tune your radio to a station with reception that fades in...

sheisacamera: 2 Feb, 4 Jan 2003 (originally uploaded to...

Tarnation, “Two Wrongs Won’t Make Things Right” (off the lovely 4AD comp 1980...

A damn fine deconstructed dessert

Fresh whipped cream (pint of heavy whipping cream, 1 tsp-ish of pure vanilla, equal amount of...

“Having “improved” the meat packing district and Chelsea by...”
— New York to Kinksters: Don’t...

“Talk about ironic! The Standard Hotel, which has become...”
— Scoopy’s Notebook (via...

“Who am I to judge whether Rihanna’s behavior is...”
— Rihanna, gagged (Salon)

(last night, via Audacia Ray)

Pink Room (found in Brooklyn)

If you come out Thursday to Happy Ending, you can hear a...

“Admittedly, I’m a rough sex enthusiast myself. Whatever that...”
— Kinky Nerds Punching...

Frank Stockton, ‘“Twosome” quarter illustration for Playboy,...

My favorite. Originally found somewhere online in 2002, and...

Inspired by Megan’s LIFE magazine WWII propaganda...

“Well. If Spitzer does go through with this fool’s...”
— Spitzer Foe Opposes Former...

“I suck at pseudonym.”
— me, now.