Gloria's Oversexed Mind: November 2011

November 30, 2011

Marvelous Transformations: Miss Aza Introduces

Ladies and gentlemen, and all you other people, Miss Aza is your guide this evening as we throw open the doors into the secret forbidden quarters of Victorian Europe.

Watch your step and remember what the poet said:

When I went to that house of pleasure
I didn’t stay in the front rooms where they celebrate,
with some decorum, the accepted modes of love.

I went into the secret rooms
and lounged and lay on their beds.

I went into the secret rooms
considered shameful even to name.
But not shameful to me—because if they were,
what kind of poet, what kind of artist would I be?
I’d rather be an ascetic. That would be more in keeping,
much more in keeping with my poetry,
than for me to find pleasure in the commonplace rooms.

Posted on November 30, 2011 at 05:36 PM in Gender History, LGBTQ, Vintage Ephemera | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

One of my biggest pet peeves is sex experts giving bad or misleading sex advice. Just caught an article by Dr. Oz about male menopause, which was interesting to a point -- the point where he recommends an outdated self-test for erectile function...

“So how do you know if you may be going through male menopause? Dr. Oz asks. “We’ll give you two really simple tests that you can do at home. The first is the erection overnight stamp test.”

via www.emaxhealth.com

OK. As a dominatrix, the notion of thousands of men across America wrapping roles of stamps around their dicks and waking up with paper cuts fascinates me. As a sex therapist, though, I can't recommend his advice. First, the test is not an overnight procedure but requires three days of restful (i.e., normal) sleep with your dick wrapped in stiff postage stamps. If that turns you on, have fun. But don't expect more than cheap thrills: the test doesn't provide accurate assessments of testosterone or blood flow. Which is why most doctors don't give it anymore.

Get the facts on postal stamp penis bondage from the National Institute of Health at Medline Plus

A little sex history to intrigue you. Excerpts from two sources detailing fascinating biographical bits about one of the most notorious women in the Western World, Anita Berber (1899 - 1928).

Her hair was cut fashionably into a short bob and was frequently bright red, as in 1925 when the German painter Otto Dix painted a portrait of her, titled "The Dancer Anita Berber". -- en.wikipedia.org

Her performances broke boundaries with their androgyny and total nudity, but it was her public appearances that really challenged taboos. Berber's overt cocaine use and bisexuality were matters of public chatter.^[2] She could often be seen in Berlin's hotel lobbies, nightclubs and casinos; she would walk around naked except for a sable fur, carrying a pet monkey and a silver brooch full of cocaine, while flaunting her lesbian lovers—removing the barrier between performance and normal life. --en.wikipedia.org

Meanwhile her personal life had begun spiralling out of control with tales of lesbian affairs and S&M sex emerging from her tour to Vienna and reaching the daily newspapers of Berlin. -- Cabaret Berlin

In June 1922, Anita met the dancer and poet Sebastian Droste during a particularly wild night out at a Berlin casino. It was to be a life-changing encounter. Anita and Sebastian were immediately drawn to one another and convinced they could create something bold, new and shocking. Rehearsals began immediately with a fervour only matched by the pairs’ cocaine consumption...by July of 1922, a series of performances of their new production “The Dances Of Depravity, Horror and Esctasy” had been booked for Vienna in November. -- Cabaret Berlin