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Dale Peck, the madman critic famous for his trash jobs on Moody, Eggers and Franzen, talks about forgiving his abusive father in his new "fictional memoir" and wonders why we can't all get along.
By Virginia Vitzthum
December 12, 2003
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Katherine Frank stripped, interviewed her customers and then wrote a thesis about male desire.
By Virginia Vitzthum
June 11, 2003
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The men are deeper, and the sex can be sweet as well as hot. But dating at
41 is no less exquisitely confusing than it is at 21.
By Virginia Vitzthum
April 29, 2003
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Why the Mekons are the only middle-aged band you don't have to be embarrassed about.
By Virginia Vitzthum
October 9, 2002
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Combining time-travel thriller and experimental film, Terry Gilliam's 1995 oddball classic steals a tale of doomed love and cruel fate from Hitchcock -- then pays back the debt.
By Virginia Vitzthum
August 19, 2002
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Is it fair to send sex offenders deemed "dangerous" to mental wards after they've served prison time?
By Virginia Vitzthum
April 11, 2001
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I want my soul mate to be my lover, best friend and intellectual equal. Why is that asking too much?
By Virginia Vitzthum
February 27, 2001
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After months of editing S/M porn and being harassed, Juan has a "bottoming epiphany." Second of two parts.
By Virginia Vitzthum
February 13, 2001
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A computer geek becomes the whipping boy for a gay S/M porn producer. First of two parts.
By Virginia Vitzthum
January 30, 2001
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A young man turns himself into a beautiful woman, but the transformation is only skin-deep.
By Virginia Vitzthum
January 9, 2001
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For a man alone for the holidays, a Christmas trick is the gift that keeps on giving.
By Virginia Vitzthum
December 19, 2000
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A pair of video artists try to turn the TV into a love machine with a nonpornographic video designed to steer your gaze toward your partner.
By Virginia Vitzthum
December 5, 2000
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A struggling comedian takes on the beauty elite with an exhaustive, lifelong program of "approaching" (please don't call it "accosting") models and actresses on the street.
By Virginia Vitzthum
November 21, 2000
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Unwittingly exposing America's hypocrisy about sex may be a highlight of, not a stain on, Clinton's legacy.
By Virginia Vitzthum
November 7, 2000
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A program for first-time johns lets offenders off the hook in exchange for their attendance at a daylong session taught by ex-hookers.
By Virginia Vitzthum
October 17, 2000
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Does it work to have different people for different things, or do we all want a spouse?
By Virginia Vitzthum
October 3, 2000
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Mary Lou, a teenage prostitute, turns to a married man for protection and starts to like him, maybe a little too much. Part 4 in a series.
By Virginia Vitzthum
September 19, 2000
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A newlywed lesbian couple talks about the meaning of their Vermont don't-call-it-marriage.
By Virginia Vitzthum
September 5, 2000
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This dominatrix loves to perform for her clients, but won't push it so far that it threatens her husband. Second of two parts.
By Virginia Vitzthum
August 22, 2000
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This Midwestern dominatrix and professional baby charms snakes at Coney Island -- and she looks great in a fishtail and pasties. First of two parts.
By Virginia Vitzthum
August 8, 2000
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A boastful, badass manhunter reveals the secrets of his craft.
By Virginia Vitzthum
August 8, 2000
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Prostitution has always been useful for people who can't find true love. Part 3 in a series.
By Virginia Vitzthum
July 25, 2000
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Mary Lou and her johns mix it up -- who's zooming who? Part 2 in a series.
By Virginia Vitzthum
July 11, 2000
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A teenage call girl gets her "parenting" wherever she can find it. Part 1 in a series.
By Virginia Vitzthum
June 27, 2000
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I lived my own version of "Survivor" one winter in St. Thomas with a friend and three strangers.
By Virginia Vitzthum
June 13, 2000
He's a lover -- and also a hater
G-strings and Ph.D.s
Endless love
No Pistols, no Who, no Rolling Stones
"12 Monkeys"
Protecting us from predators
Kind of a drag
Better loving through imagery
Schmuck amok
Sexual healing
Reform school
Compartmentalized kissing
Keepin' it real
Just civil unioned!
Bambi the mermaid
Bambi the mermaid
"The Seekers: A Bounty Hunter's Story" by Joshua Armstrong
Selling intimacy
Ball of confusion
The story of a young prostitute
War Room
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald