New York Magazine‘s Sex Diaries, which we have discussed at length in the past, are consistently one of the magazine’s most controversial and widely read features. Sometimes it gets a little gay, and this week’s “The Queer San Francisco Woman Having Group Sex in New York” was described by editor Rachel Kramer Bussel as “epic.” See for yourself at New York Magazine:
“I arrive home from a literary event to find twenty partially clothed friends in my apartment. It’s a mini bon-voyage orgy thrown by my partner, S. In two days, we fly to New York. This journey back to his hometown is an annual ritual since we moved to San Francisco. A mix of business and pleasure, I’ll be reading from my novel at a bookstore and wedging in as many dates with New York lovers as possible.”
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My first thought when I read that diary was “this is totally faked,” followed by “or maybe I’m just running in the wrong queer circles…”
Here’s my attempt at a diary:
9.03 pm – this is kinda hot.
9.05 pm – damn, look at all this awesome sex this woman is having while I sit at home alone with a bowl of dal makhani.
9.06 pm – actually, this piece feels a little contrived. Is this for real?
9.08 pm – hmm, I wonder if that bit about how she masturbates 4 times in 2.5 hrs in between this sexfest is going to reinforce negative stereotypes that poly people are basically just really horny??
9.10 pm – WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY did I read the comments. Whyyyyyy.
Internet rule #1: unless it’s AS, for the love of all that is good, do not read the comments.
Your internet rule #1 is essential to my mental health.
Oh my god, I just read the comments, too–they’re awful!
ikr. I had to look at kitten pictures after to feel ok again.
Yeah, there are very few places where it’s safe to read comments on the internet. It’s like most sites have an Assholes Only commenting policy.
Dal makhani! ♥
Oh. My life seems really lame now.
I’m starting to think sex is a zero sum game. Like, there’s only so much sex to go around and the reason I’m not having any is because people like this are having more than their fair share.
It’s either that or I’m just not the kind of girl people want to sleep with. Since that clearly cannot be the case, that can only mean sex is a giant cosmic balancing act.
Actually!
“What they found is that certain greedy people are having most of the sex that’s being had in America today. The data show that a mere 15% are responsible for half of the sexual activity, while 42% hog 85% of all sex.”
http://articles.nydailynews.com/1998-03-05/entertainment/18064824_1_sexual-activity-people-gun
We are the 58%… c’mon, people, share the sexytimes…
On second thought I would just like to make a small note that I don’t want you to share the STD’s.
I KNEW IT!
I am clearly hanging around the wrong people…
Clearly.
Uh, weird. 90% certain I know who this is.
If that diary is true, I’m not sure how she ever had time to write a book.
Holy shit how is it even possible to have that much sex???
a) there’s no way people actually have time for that.
b) that’s gotta hurt like hell.
Yeah, you’d think things would start to chafe after a while or something.
I was exhausted by “Day 2.”