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No site even tangentially about science fiction porn would be complete without a mention of the hardcore classic Flesh Gordon. Supposedly, the original masters for the 1970′s X-rated version have been lost. I saw it at a formative age and I’m pretty sure I saw the original X. I thought the lesbian rape fantasy carpet-munching [...]
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Okay, you’ve celebrated Valentines Day and Lupercalia and now you need the opportunity to laugh about both Hallmark love holidays and fertility. You need look no farther than the the online archive of the old BLT punk rock humor zine I mentioned earlier. The Valentine’s Day/Birth Control issue of BLT is taglined Boyfriends, Lesbians, & [...]
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Today we celebrate Lupercalia. Party time! Bust out your togas and get ready for some drinking and S&M. The Lupercalia was an annual Roman festival held on February 15 to honour Faunus, god of fertility and forests. Justin Martyr identified Faunus as Lupercus, ‘the one who wards off the wolf’, but his identification is not [...]
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I guess, after I much I went on about Star Wars this month, you all know what I’m doing today. The spelling of Valentines Day has always bothered me. VDay is an easy abbreviation. Valentine’s Day with an apostrophe is actually the most correct. But we don’t really know if there is a saint the [...]
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Cowboy Bebop is one of the best anime series ever translated into English. The mental chain of association, in case you were wondering, is the klepto gambler character Faye Valentine. The feel of the show is based on 1940′s American jazz tropes. The characters are far more detailed and deeply realized than your standard wide-eyed [...]
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Ever wonder why your VDay cards have hearts on them? In the Bible, and in much later literature, the heart is used as a metaphor to refer to the moral core of a human being. This is true from the earliest passages; Genesis 6:5 situates the thoughts of evil men in their hearts, and Exodus [...]
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Valentine’s Day, on February 14th, is the traditional day on which lovers in the West let each other know about their love. Its obscure origins as a Catholic Church feast day, said to be in honor of Saint Valentine are discussed below. The day could not have become associated with romantic love before the High [...]
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Okay, I just want to mention dressing up as Princess Leia to please one’s man, one more time before getting on to the serious business of talking about Valentines Day for the next few days. There is an episode of Friends from their third season, written by Michael Curtis & Gregory S. Malins, where Jennifer [...]
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It is probably too late to get a custom Princess Leia costume, but Barnes & Noble has a special section this month devoted to VDay appropriate gifts and there is still time for them to make sure your Valentine gets what you ordered in time for Valentines Day.
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I don’t want anyone thinking that I am a lone imperialist here. There is a globe-spanning organization called the 501st Legion whose slogan is Vader’s Fist. In order to belong you must own a professional quality Star Wars outfit. According to the 501st Legion website, “Costume can be Imperial, Bounty Hunters, Denizens of the Empire [...]
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Are you thinking to yourself that you would like to buy a Princess Leia costume and a GothicSluts.com membership, but you need a credit card? Apparently it is possible to get either a Yoda or Darth Vader Platinum Visa credit card from the Star Wars site. Bonus Limited-Edition, Chrome Jango Fett Mini Bust by Gentle [...]
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Speaking of Bettie Page, I wanted to link this free sample preview gallery from Blue Blood’s Gothic Sluts. I think the use of the pinstriped corset with the art nouveau-inspired ink is very elegant. These shots of Blue Blood Kellie by Forrest Black and Amelia G are simply stunning.
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