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Ann Landers: The sage of masturbation

cobelli@aol.com — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Who would have thought your "bubby" or "granny" or "nana" would condone masturbation? Much less even say the world, or even think about that "act" (definitely sinful "self-abuse," and so much more secret than that dreaded yet sinless marriage act that in order to endure one "should close one's eyes and think of England"). Everyone's Jewish grandmother, Ann Landers, whose popular columns often mirrored changes in social attitudes [...]

Pictures From the Black Dance: Exploring Power Images

cobelli@aol.com — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:00:00 +0100

The viewer can of course enjoy this film as hot leathersex; I would argue it can also teach the viewer not only about some of the specific activities of gay BDSM participants, but about some of the fundamental power dynamics of the human condition.

"You shall resemble the stick upon which rests an old man." -- St. Ignatius on submission

Pictures From the Black Dance opens with a canvas image, an obvious connection with the title, hinting that the actio [...]

What's up with these sex dolls?

cobelli@aol.com — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

A gay magazine from the early 80s advertises a John Doll. A gay guy doesn't have to sleep alone tonight; he can use the open mouth and ass of a five-foot tall doll with an eight inch cock "always hard and ready." The one with the vibrating penis is more expensive. And the ad claims that the doll is "not [...]

Those 1950s Nudists Know Best

cobelli@aol.com — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

A preliminary analysis of American Nudist, vol. 15, no. 12, 48th, issue, December 1955 revealed that the "Father Knows Best" Eisenhower era had some chinks in its socially conformist armor. American Nudist was billed as the official journal of the American Sunbathing Association, a euphemism of the period of those wh [...]

Kris Studios: "The Grand Daddy of Leather”

cobelli@aol.com — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Dan Platt in an article on Chuck Renslow, published in 2005 for the Loyola Phoenix proclaimed, "Chicago is the 'leather man' capital of the world." A brief survey of Chuck Renslow's accomplishments, one could argue, [...]

Seventies Chicago: “SO GAY!”

cobelli@aol.com — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

LITTLE DAVID MAGAZINE SHOWS US
WHAT WAS "SO GAY" IN CHICAGO IN THE 1970s

Little David served as a kind of gay newsmagazine/travel guide (and including some nudies too) for the burgeoning, newly open gay community in the 1970s. Activities and places where gay men enjoyed them were now advertising openly, and one gets a sense of richness and diversity and just plain fun in that color-crazy disco fever party time after Stonewall and before AIDS.

GAY HISTORY IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BRITAIN

The eighteenth century was not completely the age of reason and "progress." God the creator of the universe was in His heaven, but he was increasingly removed from the world as eventually the whole worldview based on revelation from the Bible and/or Christian theologies and [...]

Mark "Jamie" Wingo - Happy, Healthy, Hot...

jack@bijouworld.com — Mon, 24 May 2010 06:00:00 +0100

He appeared in some of the most iconic gay erotica of the 80's and 90's as Jamie Wingo, and he has some stories to tell about those heady times. From working with iconic directors J. Brian and William Higgins to his work today as a personal trainer and health advocate for people with HIV, Mark Wingo has found a balance between a wild past and a bright future where he feels in control and at peace with who he is.

Bijou caught up with [...]

Hard, Kinky & Tense

cobelli@aol.com — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:00:00 +0100

SEXUALITY IN MANSCAPE 2 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE AIDS CRISIS

In 1985, readers of FirstHand Magazine began to request "harder, rougher, kinkier" stories and reader letters. In response, Jackie Lewis, the publisher, began Manscape. But according to Lewis, the readers wanted even more. Thus, Manscape 2 emerged, essentially, Manscape plus photos.

The premiere issue, billed as a "Collector's Edition," claims to present "all aspects of sex." What [...]

One South African Man's Journey to IML

orders@bijouworld.com — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Over Memorial Day Weekend, Chicago becomes a mecca for fetish enthusiasts and the furry crowd, with International Mr. Leather (IML) and Bear Pride. One man is making a long journey to compete in the u [...]

VOD-Video On Demand

steven@bijouworld.com — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100

In the past, that is before 1995 the adult industry was recession proof - high demand, limited availability. Bad economic times meant a boom in sales for sexual entertainment which was relatively inexpensive. Oh, how times have changed.

The Internet has been a boon to the adult industry as well as the bane to it's existence. From 1996-2008 the segment of the Adult industry that had the biggest growth was the film industry. Yet [...]

The Lowdown on Mormon's and Gays

cobelli@aol.com — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100

A magazine called New Direction published by gay Mormons came out in the late 80s or early 90s. It covers many of the same issues that more "general" gay magazines like The Advocate and Mandate were covering, that are still hot button issues today, such as gay marriage, gays in the military, and Biblical passages about homosexuality. The Mormon Church recently created controversy by supporting Proposition 8 in California, but now it has supposedly lessened (slightly) its anti-gay stan [...]

What's in a Title?

steven@bijouworld.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Porn has come a long way from dirty films with cute innocuous titles, to graphically explicit with very conspicuous filthy titles and by-lines.

By-lines like: "watch 8 nasty man sluts", or "watch 9 sluts fuck a filthy cum pig"

And titles like:

Insatiable Cum Sluts Pig Feast Bareback Piss Factory Cum Dump Cunt Wreckers BAREBACK Piss and Cum Sloppy Dripping Assholes Born to F [...]

Female Orgasms and Macho Carpenters

cobelli@aol.com — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100

PLAYGIRL IN 1974

In 1974, besides President Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal and the making of the vintage porn classic Morning, Noon & Night (available only through Bijou Video), women were writing openly about their orgasms, and men were trying [...]

NEWS FLASH...Porn sales are down

steven@bijouworld.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Let me tell you why the Porn industry is having financial problems, why sales are down. The market is super flooded with porn. Free porn tube sites, hundreds of new DVD's coming out weekly, cheap DVD's, compilation DVD's, pay for porn at VOD sites, video cam sex, match sites, iPhones, porn blogs, millions of pics on the internet, hundreds of male nude photography books, porn that looks like all the other porn. The industry is etc., etc., etc. No wonder customers [...]

Tight Pants : The Young Victoria is Quite Gay

cobelli@aol.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100

I must be very horny (and desperate), but I was quite stimulated by the new movie The Young Victoria. This film purports to be a retelling of her childhood, adolescence, and early reign, culminating with her marriage to Albert and the birth of her first child. Gorgeous colors and costumes, somewhat reminiscent of an MGM historical spectacular from the 1950s. But what most intrigued me, in my desperate horniness, was the males, especially what they were wearing (which gave some hi [...]

Yes, Virginius, There Is a Gay Santa Claus

cobelli@aol.com — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Is Santa Claus an erotic figure for gay men, other than the obvious "bear" or "daddy" imagery? The gay S & M imagery is also obvious, the shiny black boots and the cracking whip he uses during his sleigh ride. When did Santa Claus, if ever, become a figure of gay erotica, even in a satirical mode?

Gaysexpornblog offers detailed information on current videos and web sites that offer variations on the usual "gay dirty old man" image of Santa. The Internet is a [...]

VIM Magazine Unveils the Perfect Man

cobelli@aol.com — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100

VIM had been around since the early 1940s as a more traditional bodybuilding magazine like Bob Hoffman's Strength and Health, but this issue heralds a new format, a new approach. Now, in 1954, "It's New!"

The pocket-sized format, given what we now know about the readership of these beefcake magazines, i [...]

Blame the Bathhouses! Or Not?

cobelli@aol.com — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Many argue, or perhaps the issue isn't even really arguable, that gay culture is pre-AIDS and post-AIDS. In the newly liberated atmosphere of the 1970s, before AIDS, the bathhouses literally exploded in power and scope, but their growth wasn't only a result of sexual release. They were an [...]

Sex and Politics

steven@bijouworld.com — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:00:00 +0100

I have received emails from a few Bijou customers that have stated they do not come to the Bijou's website to read politics - they come for sex. If they want to read political opinions, they will read a news paper or watch a news show. So stop the political commentary or I won't be back to your site or buy your product for sex and politics don't mix.

You have the right not to read what I have written , you have the r [...]