Explosions: Sex Radical Philosophy for Everyone
"What lurks in your mind, Dr. Laura, when you think about homosexuals? Our decadent, debauched lifestyle? Our nonchalant attitude toward sex? Our willingness to sacrifice traditional morality for our own love and pleasure? Do you envy us? I'm glad you are stirring up fear of homosexuals. It makes me feel dangerous, and gives me a lot to live up to."
1. February 1998
- Queer punk utopianism, with contributions from House of Freak members
- Free condom rubber-cemented to back page
- Reprint of Lorena by Lucille Clifton
- Polyamory, with contributions from House of Freak members
- Reprinted images from Queer With Class by Homocult
- Safer sex instructions (plastic wrap and latex gloves)
- Do not collect $200! Part 1 by K.M. (a true prison experience)
3. May 1998
- Capitalism/Marketplace Mentality
- Do not collect $200! Part 2 by K.M.
- Facts about corporate wealth
- Reprinted images from Queer With Class by Homocult
- Personal ads from House of Freak & friends
4. July 1998
- Madonna & Independent Moral Truth
- Cartoon copied from Derrida for Beginners
- A trans narrative against the conventional trans narrative by S.O.
- Postmodern Anality by M.
5. September 1998
- Female Soul Speak by M.A.
- Do not collect $200 Part 3 by K.M.
- Dear Queer advice column
6. November 1998
- B/D/S/M, with contributions from House of Freak members
- Photo of M.F. on cover in plastic wrap
- Dear Queer advice column
7. January 1999
- Gothic Punk, with various contributors from the Last Drop Coffee House
- Death in Denny's by S.C.
- Reprinted image from Queer with Class by Homocult
- Feminism, Capitalism, Individualism
- Things that Sustain Illusions by F.L.
- Dear Queer advice column
- Strikingly similar images of Angela Davis and Xena raising fists
- Reprint of Operation Rescue/Molotov Cocktail poster
9. July 1999
- Maggot Gallery (presidential portraits with fetishes and proclivities listed below)
10. November 1999
- Philadelphia Hooligans Exposed! (Satirical short against the East of Broad Improvement Association and other bad experiences on 12th Street)
- Brain Washing
- Mint Chutney recipe by F.L.
11. January 2000
- Interview with R.A., regarding radical queer punk politics and sex-positive utopian living
- Reasons for Pornographic Slide Show
- Reprinted images of anti-masturbation suit from 1917
- Interview with C., regarding piercing, body modification, ritual and art
- Celebrity Arrest! by J.K. (Glamorous arrest story)
14. May 2000
- Homo, Take a Look at Yourself! Queer Assimilation and the Human Rights Campaign
- Various images of sponsor logos from the Millennium March interspersed with diagrams of the anus and positions from which to view your own anus
15. July 2000
- Dr. Laura, Sit on my Face.
- Announcement of the Festival of Resistance and the Porno Punk Pageant
Queer Sex Revolution
"There is a real absence of love in our culture, aside from love as consumption. We must then arrive at the conclusion that large and significant changes must be made to our society in order for love to become a guiding ethic, or even a social phenomenon, not something we merely hope to attain with one other person, but something we experience and act on at all times, something that connects us to everyone else. It would make success and privilege at the expense of others a contradiction in terms."
1. Spring 2001
- Queer spaces, households, parties
- A Queer as Fuck Manifesto
- Confessions of a Well Adjusted Professional Dominatrix by G.P.
2. Winter 2002
- Image of sailors returning from Coney Island, 1927 on cover
- Power, Money, Sex, Truth: A Sex Radical Response to the War on Terrorism
- Original illustrations by R.P.
- Interview with S.O., regarding transition, masculinity and self invention
- Letters from Jack to Rocko regarding raw meat, scullery duty and loneliness
- How I Went Out Looking for Cheap Thrills and Found Enlightenment (a story of visiting both male and female strip clubs and porno video booths)
3. March 2003
- Solidarity tattoo on cover
- Polyamory open letter to friends
- Reasons to be Polyamorous
- Excerpt from To Destroy Sexuality by Guy Hocquenghem
bleached blond bimbos
"Bleached blond bimbos are a symbol to me, a symbol of fun, brash, passionate and revolutionary sex radicalism. They are a symbol of the love that's missing from the queer movement, the common sense approach of down-to-earth, un-cool, kind of obnoxious and very sexy girls who speak what is on their mind and in their hearts... Feminine genders are powerful stuff. It is about time for the queer community to start paying attention."
- Images of the women of Fancy House on cover
- Queer misogyny and the love that is missing from our lives
- The movie Venus Boys, the book Female Masculinity and Alix Olsen's poetry critiqued for exhibiting misogyny under the guise of affirming the gender expression of masculine people
- La Mome Bijou by Brassai on cover
- The End of Genderqueer
- An Open Letter to HRC
- Excerpt from My Comrade: Role Models for Modern Youth