“Paying for it” is an irrational taboo, as most taboos are. I assume it’s because we’re a particularly myopic society that rarely recognizes its own hypocrisy, a society that, to my mind, applies its un-nuanced thinking to capitalism (the American dream), and morality, and the places where sex and money meet. We profit [...]

The first time I saw Baise-Moi (which translates to ‘Fuck Me‘) I was living in Italy, so I saw it in badly dubbed in Italian with my boyfriend. We’d rented it when I’d told him that it had been banned in several countries for its scenes of explicit sex and violence. He was sold. [...]

The powerblog Gawker seems to be experiencing shifts in its editorial direction. A few years ago, it consisted of sharp, often hilarious commentary and gossip about the media world here in New York. But they’ve expanded their scope to include celebrities (and micro-celebrities of their own making), New York life, and now more [...]