Before Helping Jeffrey Epstein Get His First Big Gig, Donald Barr Wrote Sordid Pulp Fiction Novel, “Space Relations”
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Before Helping Jeffrey Epstein Get His First Big Gig, Donald Barr Wrote Sordid Pulp Fiction Novel, “Space Relations”

I’m obsessed with the Epstein files. Completely obsessed. Any time I get a spare moment, my fingers unconsciously wander over to my permanent Jmail tab to take another gander. Some days, I unblinkingly click through the police-produced Zillow tour of Epstein’s 71st Street townhouse, homing in on deranged bathroom décor, like the chummy caricature of … Continue reading

Trust the Witch: How Witch Films Mirror Feminist Movements and Born-Again Backlashes in Payton McCarty-Simas’s “That Very Witch”
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Trust the Witch: How Witch Films Mirror Feminist Movements and Born-Again Backlashes in Payton McCarty-Simas’s “That Very Witch”

Thank the filth elders above that Connie Marble somehow survived her attempted execution for assholism and skulked from Baltimore to small-town Pennsylvania to live out her sunset years! That was the first thought that crossed my mind as Aunt Gladys rounded the corner of Pepperidge Farm, crap cereal, and hot dog enthusiast Principal Marcus Miller’s … Continue reading

I’m a Thousand Different People—Every One Is Real: Cynthia Carr’s “Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar”
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I’m a Thousand Different People—Every One Is Real: Cynthia Carr’s “Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar”

Faint, daydreamy pencil doodles of poised women with 1940’s-style wasp waists, their faces simple with cupid-bow lips and angled Barbie cat eyes, cover a ragged piece of three-hole-punched lined paper yanked from a drug store notebook. Beside and below these figures are mannequin-like heads with less defined faces. What they lose in facial features, they … Continue reading

Plastic Fantastic Lover: Amanda Lepore’s “Doll Parts”
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Plastic Fantastic Lover: Amanda Lepore’s “Doll Parts”

Amanda Lepore isn’t afraid of exposing herself. Whether showing up to chic events near or completely naked or purring over club hits like “Champagne” (“I drink champagne in the morning/I drink champagne in the afternoon”) and “My Pussy” (“My pussy is famous/My pussy is expensive”) with Larry Tee, Lepore puts herself (and her pussy) out there. … Continue reading