The Love/Lust Issue

Issue #64 | Fall 2014
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DATING WHILE FAT • FETISH FAILS • CYBER SEXY TIMES • PLUS: BEEFCAKE HISTORY!

FEATURES

THE MADAME BUTTERFLY EFFECT: Tracing the History of a Fetish  |  by Patricia Park

LET'S GET DIGITAL: The Prejudices—and Potential—of Gaming and Erotic Roleplaying  |  by Katherine Cross

THE QUESTIONING CONTINUUM: Seeking Sexuality as a Lifelong Process  |  by Joshunda Sanders

BLOWING THE BUDGET: Feminist Porn Start-Ups are Getting Spanked When it Comes to Finances  |  by Lynsey G

SCANDAL-LESS: Why are Female Politicians Immune to Sex Scandals?  |  by Hinda Mandell

LOST IN THE AMAZON: Are Digital Booksellers Suppressing Self-Published Erotica?  |  by Kate Larking

CAST ASIDE: The Recent TV Rise of the Black Mistress  |  by Phoebe Robinson

ROCK OF AGES: Ellen Willis's Daughter Discusses her Mother's Latest Anthology and Ongoing Influence  |  by Alyxandra Vesey

COLUMNS

BUTTS, BEEFCAKES, AND BURT: Forty Years of Playgirl Covers  |  by Lydia Craig

FALLING IN SELF-LOVE: One Comics Artist's Self-Help Journey  |  by Yumi Sakugawa

IT'S NOT ME, IT'S YOU: The Absent Dialogue Around Fat Women's Sexuality  |  by Lisa C. Knisely

LOVE IT/SHOVE IT

NOT EXACTLY GANG AFFILIATED  |  by Eesha Pandit
UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU– BUT NOT YOUR HAIR  |  by Mali D. Collins
DECODING GENDER DISCREPANCY IN TWO NEW TECH SHOWS  |  by Hannah Steinkopf Frank
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST  |  by Elizabeth Hewitt
CECI N'EST PAS UN “BAD BREAKUP”  |  by Éloise Bouton
SHE-HULK VS. THE SCREENWRITING SLEAZE  |  by Brandann Hill-Mann
BITCH IN: Transgender Law Center  |  by Beck Garrison

Comic

ADVENTURES IN FEMINISTORY: Lili Elbe | by Jess Fink

Bitchlist

Yé-Yé Girls by Kelsey Wallace
Transcuba by Ellie Piper
Komma Lika by Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino
Parris Goebel by Margaret Howie
Smut Peddler by Alyssa Favreau
Girls with Slingshots by Alyssa Nabors
Symbology: An A to Z of Archetypes and Epiphanies by Suzette Smith
United Colors of Amani by Hannah Steinkopf Frank
Static Television by Andi Zeisler
Quotations by Women by Anna Miller

REVIEWS

BOOKS

Bad Feminist: Essays (Roxane Gay) by Joshunda Sanders
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit) by Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino
Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism (Betsy Greed, Ed.) by Heather Seggel
My Body is a Book of Rules (Elissa Washuta) by Samantha Claire Updegrave
Sworn Virgin (Elvira Dones, translated by Clarissa Botsford) by Olga Zilberbourg
Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema (Anne Helen Petersen) by Kelsey Wallace
Making Sense of Intersex: Changing Ethical Perspectives in Biomedicine (Ellen K. Feder) by Mali D. Collins 
The Ministry of Thin: How the Pursuit of Perfection Got Out of Control (Emma Woolf) by Crystal Erickson
The Reappearing Act: Coming Out as Gay on a College Basketball Team Led by Born-Again Christians (Kate Fagan) by Kate Lesniak
Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs (Pearl Cleage) by Tina Vasquez

MUSIC

Comet, Come to Me (Meshell Ndegeocello) by Phoebe Robinson
Cry is for the Flies (Le Buttcherettes) by Claire Ashton
Bodies and Control and Money and Power (Priests) by Stephanie Nolasco
LP1 (FKA twigs) by Katie Presley
¡Aparato! (¡Aparato!) by Abeni Moreno
Cursed to See the Future (Mortals) by Laina Dawes
Yesway (Yesway) by Alley Pezanoski-Browne
Ellis Bell (The Cold and Lovely) by Claire Ashton
Yellow Memories (Fatima) by Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
Nation (Katie Kate) by Robyn Caster

SCREEN

Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights (Director: Nevline Nnaji) by Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino
Runoff (Director: Kimberly Levin) by Lisa Moricoli-Latham
My Atomic Aunt (Director: Kyoko Miyake) by JP Poole
My Prairie Home (Director: Chelsea McMullan) by Rhienne Renée Guedry
Trans X Istanbul (Director: Maria Binder) by Elizabeth Hewitt
Redemption Trail (Director: Britta Sjogren) by Anna Miller 
Out in the Night (Director: blair dorosh walther) by Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino
Sex(Ed) the Movie (Director: Brenda Goodman) by Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

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