"It is the prevailing thought in Western society that the ideal woman begins her life as an asexual child, remains a virgin until her wedding night, becomes a monogamous heterosexual wife and then loses all interest in sex after menopause. But this is a myth; very few women actually fit this profile. The truth is each woman's sex life follows its unique own path of likes and dislikes, with ups and downs, and often through many phases. One sex path…

"In sadomasochism there's this idea of giving up control, or of keeping it. It's not a matter of who has the power. That's not the issue. What matters is that someone is there to ensure a kind of trust. This trust allows the 'other' to let go, we can let go of ourself, let go of things, give ourself up, lose ourself... because we know someone's there to set the limits, to say when to stop, when to go, when…

“Every nerve, every fiber in your whole body will fairly tingle with the force of your own awakened power!" (Popular Mechanics newspaper ad for a home use vibrator circa 1913)

While traveling down various internet rabbit holes into histories of sexual health textbooks and manuals during International Masturbation Month, I found reference to The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Sex, published in 1950 by Dr. Willy (ha, ha), Vander and Fisher, "as Well as Other Authorities" (oh, good), with a section on…

"They went beyond being just a commercial studio making images for money. What they created over time is a priceless archive of the Chinese in America, that's right, and all aspects of kind of formal life and the way people wanted to be photographed." (George Berticevich, photographer, photo & photo backdrop collector)

Women Film Editors #415: Emiko Omori

For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, here's a small and lovely gem of documentary storytelling!

Established in 1923, May's Photo Studio…

"He took my body, but he cannot take my mind!"

(Warning: spoilers in the last paragraph.)

Fellas, is it gay if you steal your roommate's dead fiancée's heart and give it to him in exchange for him staying by your side and doing whatever you ask?

Proving that a horror franchise can only benefit from less heterosexual romance and way more homoerotic subtext, Bride of Re-Animator is another frenzied delight from producer Brian Yuzna, who took over for Stuart Gordon…

"If summer doesn’t sing in you, then nothing sings in you, and if nothing sings in you, then you can't make music."

Women Film Editors #249: Michelle Tesoro

I would tell BCoop to take a seat, but I know he doesn't believe in them.

Rarely do I find Oscar bait as completely, utterly bad as this, so I'll give you two examples of how this slog could have been improved even slightly: according to my grandfather's friend Max, a violist…