Comments on: lazy sunday sex links

By: gilda

gilda — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:42:20 +0000

i am a huge murakami fan and it striked me as something really funny when i went to see the exhibition here. many fellow gallery viewers obviously had no idea of all the japanese words that sometimes are scribbled on his huge paintings, and i wish the musuem had bothered to get them translated because it would have made such a big difference. they were less obvious and sexual than his sculptures that had names like “milk” (which i thought was hilarious, but one american woman was so offended.)

i was translating the words on some of his paintings to my friends, that it was basically about cum and vomit, etc, and apparently i became almost like a musuem guide, and some people were listening in. however, one man asked if i was making it up, and i was so offended and told him not to eavesdrop then. ugh. it was a great exhibition! you should definitely go and see it if you come back into the city!

By: Aubra Thompson

Aubra Thompson — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:17:39 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more about Sex and the City. I was over it then and I am SO over it now.

Their shallow lives are so completely unreal on so many levels I simply want to vomit.

Not only do their shoes cost more than your flat rent, try one tiny little hand bags they carry in an episode for 3 seconds.

And the sex they have is ridiculous. It’s all so fake it’s simply stupido!

The only reason it came out so late is because they were all fighting over how much money they would make.

Wow!!! Huge surprise there.

By: Tony Comstock

Tony Comstock — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:34:54 +0000

“Sex in the City” is widely credited with ruining the city.

By: bookyloo

bookyloo — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:21:42 +0000

It’s just one sentence, where a character asks if it’s actually possible for Cassie to die during the porn shoot, and another character says (I’m paraphrasing), yeah, she could have an embolism, and “if you need facts and figures, see The Ultimate Guide To Cunnilingus By Violet Blue”. That same character mentions various pro and anti-porn women writers at different points, she talks about Ariel Levy, Naomi Wolf, Andrea Dworkin, etc etc.

I can track it down and transcribe ya the exact quote if you want. Or better, get Chuck’s People to send you a copy right quick.

By: violet

violet — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:27:53 +0000

bookyloo: are you kidding me? I’m IN it? I had no idea. fuck, that scares me. you know, I’ve been back-and-forthing with Palahniuk’s people and I was wondering how they got my private email address in the first place. this is weird. no, I haven’t read the book. I kinda figured it would be sex-negative because all novels about porn are, and yes I agree, that’s how mainstream porn is about sex in general. (case in point about porn and novels: Irvine Welsh’s Porno, which actually made me decide to never read another Welsh book even though The Acid House shaped me greatly as a writer). but I’m a Palahniuk fan, so we’ll see… bookyloo, thank you so much for telling me all this. my life is seriously turning into a telenovela.

By: bookyloo

bookyloo — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:16:21 +0000

hey Violet:
have you actually had a chance to *read* that Chuck Palahniuk book yet?
It’s not out yet, but advance copies are floating about. I have a galley. It’s pretty sex-negative and ridiculous and totally gross, but also kinda funny. I guess that could also describe most mainstream porn.

If you haven’t read it:
Did you know you’re mentioned in it?? Very briefly, but mentioned nonetheless.

By: Ms Naughty

Ms Naughty — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:41:14 +0000

It’s nice to know I’m not the only one with no time for Sex and the City. :)