Rage. Not a good thing for a bipolar person. Not good for me. Not good for others. Steve Scalise got shot by one of my brethren in a rage reaction. Rage is starting to leak through into my online communication. Embarrassing. And I do not want the Secret Service to have any need at all to meet me.
I ran my second husband over with a Volkswagen. I say that onstage and get an instant laugh. I chased him. Luckily he saw a ditch and jumped in it. The wheels of the car rolled right over him. The ditch was low and narrow enough to save him. God saved me or I might still be in jail. I was beautiful so the fool married me anyway. I ask you: Who was the craziest one?
Why am I confessing? I read a letter from which I quote this excerpt:
Mr. Trump’s speech and actions demonstrate an inability to tolerate views different from his own, leading to rage reactions.
Then I read this article. I found I am part of a "devastating crisis in mental health." Do tell.
I only had a Volkswagen to drive when I had one of my numerous rage reactions. The Scalise shooter had a gun. Donald Trump has nuclear weapons. And in your guts, you know he is nuts.
Hugh Hefner is dead. Some folks are casting shade on his memory by calling him a pornographer. Hugh is the wonderbread Modernist version of a pornographer. Now Big Al Goldsten, he was the pornographer's pornographer. I was there.
Portrait of Goldstein on the cover below.
Screw and Al Goldstein are long gone now but I still remember the fights and furor brought on by Screw's content. I came across an interesting blog that features the cover art of Goldstein's Screw Magazine. You want to go there.
Note: Nothing about this essay is safe for viewing at work. I guess my blog is not safe for work too. So sue me.
SCREW #358, art by Bob Dunker
Pornography is ancient and the controversy over its value or lack of value in human lives continues. I reproduce this cover. It illustrates the editorial tone of the magazine better than any words I could write.
I am ambivalent about pornography. I like to look at dirty pictures. Some of what appeared in Screw made me sick. I appreciated the social satire and Goldstein's crusades for free speech.
I love Cartoon Art. I am a fan of vintage pornography. You can see a gallery of SCREW covers by Milton Knight.
Feminists have been in a long dialogue about the depiction of human sexuality.
"Pornography is about dominance and often pain. Erotica is about mutuality and always pleasure." Gloria Steinem "Erotica vs Pornography", in Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983)
"Pornography is the essential sexuality of male power: of hate, of ownership, of hierarchy; of sadism, of dominance." Andrea Dworkin, Pornography, Men Possessing Women
“Prostitution, perversion, and pornography are intertwined with independence and radical politics in the history of outstanding women. Radclyffe Hall, Colette, Anaïs Nin, Kate Millett, Erica Jong--all of these women used the money they made from writing about sexuality to make it possible for them to live as rebels, dykes, feminists, artists, or whatever deviant and defiant identities they assumed.” Pat Califia, Some Women
I miss Al Goldstein. Rest in peace. It is true Goldstein was a Dirt. It is true that much of what he published was disgusting. A great deal of it was funny. Very funny. Nothing Goldstein published was as obscene and pornographic as this video below.
This quiz is fun. I am most like Shakespeare. Naturally, I am thrilled. Who are You?
You were Shakespeare in a past life. Many people perceive you as a bit of a nerd, but underneath the fine polish, you are bawdy, perceptive, and deeply entranced by human life. You have an amazing way with words that can let you cut others down, bring them to tears, or reduce them to peals of laughter.
But what really sets you apart is your creativity. Your mind sees things that others don’t and puts them together in new and amazing ways. As Shakespeare, you redefined the English language. What will you do now?..
Juggalos (music fans the FBI calls a gang) and Trumpists had rallies on the same day. Juggalos to protest the FBI. Trumpists going to the Mother of All Rallies.
There were many Juggalos. There were less than 1000 Trumpists. Which convinces me there really are no Trump voters. DisINFObots and Russians do not go to protests and march. We been hacked bigtime.
These were Juggalo signs. My daughter is a Juggalo. Gang my ass. Juggalo song at the end.
