Monk, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 3:56pm
A burlesque dancer’s gimmick – costumes, music, props, and dance style - say more about the individual performing than any interview can expose. With that said, CarnalNation’s roving reporter Monk...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, July 19, 2010 - 1:01pm
"A Defense Department survey sent this week to 400,000 service members asks such provocative questions as whether its troops have shared shower facilities with a gay person or if they would be...
Sinclair Sexsmith, Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 8:00am
Reprinted with permission
from Sugarbutch Chronicles.
Perhaps I had unrealistically high expectations for this book. "The basement smelled like sex," the book starts. "That thick, musty scent...
Madison Young, Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 10:00am
Originally published in Rope, Bondage, and Power. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Queer. Feminist. Submissive. Rope Slut. These are a few of the words that I embrace as part of my identity...
EditrixAbby, Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 8:00am
Molly Crabapple is a Renaissance woman with a dirty Victorian mind wrapped up in a voluptuously Rococo body. She is an artist, an artist's model, a burlesque dancer and a businesswoman. And a...
Monk, Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:15pm
Monk, CarnalNation’s roving reporter, interviews Jennifer Tyburczy from The Leather Archives and Museum (LA&M) to discuss the launch of the Women’s Leather History Project. LA&M has existed...
Amy Marsh, Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 6:00am
I took my thirteen-year-old son and his friend to lunch today and, as a sexologist, it is my firm (get it, firm?!) belief that this should entitle me to at least five continuing education credits...
Eve Minax, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 3:25pm
Controlling someone’s mind is a particular pleasure for me, but I value controlling the body as well. Being in charge of both can be a particularly challenging, albeit rewarding, conquest. As...
Amy Marsh, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 9:17am
Imagine the Venus of Willendorf as a giant Macy’s Parade balloon. As the prehistoric goddess soars aloft we can appreciate her form and the logic of her proportions. Now imagine inflatable breasts...
Asher Bauer, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 8:54am
I hoped that this year’s Pride would feel triumphant and it did. From the moment I arrived at Dolores Park before Trans March and found myself face-to-face with a friend I hadn’t spoken to in years...
Midori, Friday, July 2, 2010 - 1:35pm
What's so bad about "vanilla" sex?
In the various kink milieus that I slink about in, I constantly hear the term "vanilla sex" used with the same tone commonly associated with describing symptoms...
Eve Minax, Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 4:50pm
Recently Eve Minax welcomed Barbara Carrellas to her parlor in San Francisco to discuss Barbara’s Urban Tantra training course for professionals seeking to use tantra as part of their their own...
Kitty Stryker, Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 12:00am
I sort of despaired for burlesque in London, to be honest. I'm spoiled rotten in San Francisco, with the Living Dead Girlz and the Hubba Hubba Revue, with such themes as Aslyum, Summer Camp...
Monk, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 5:14pm
In this video, Monk interviews Pony, International Miss Leather’s Bootblacking title holder from 2009, about the physical and sensual delights of shining leather boots. Not only does Pony demystify...
Amy Marsh, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 1:21pm
“Next year, I want a float,” I yelled in Dr. Zientara’s ear.
“What? I can’t hear you!” he yelled back.
I took a deep breath and e-nun-ci-ated, “I WANT A FLOAT!”
“Okay,” he said. (Wow, that...
Asher Bauer, Friday, June 25, 2010 - 6:20am
San Francisco’s Gay Pride is almost here again. This year, it’s turning 40. This is wonderful, of course; I enjoy a big sparkly gay parade as much as the next fag, corporate sponsorship and all. In...
Amy Marsh, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 12:35pm
Pirates are like Texas. Everything is bigger: hair, frock coats, weapons, amount of leather in a boot... and lust. Everyone aspires to a lustier (and bustier!) swagger. Voices boom, beards billow,...
Marty Klein, Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 1:50pm
I’m wrapping up a two-week teaching and vacation trip to Ukraine. The former Soviet republic is west of Russia, east of Poland, south of Belarus, and north of the Black Sea (oil anyone?). It’s been...
Amy Marsh, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 8:13am
When I tell people I’m working on a pirate column, the first thing they say to me is, “Arrrr.” So I say “Arrrr!” back. I suppose they could have said, “Ahoy” and I could have said, “Avast, ye...
