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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 2003)
^ E A cD FiT+TOGETHER: HOW TO D ouble Y our W orkout R esults with a P artner by Eddy Goicolea and Gler. Mitchell; Uni verse Books, 2003; $29.95 softenser an’t resist > your ', r * boyfriend? Then this is É* * \ .* the btxik for you. Miami Reach nutri tion expert and fitness guru Eddy G oicolea, and his equally buff and beau tiful partner, Berg Arruda, have developed a resis tance program that works to burn fat and build mus cle without going to the gym. Designed to be per formed at home using each other (instead of m achines), these exercises target each major group of muscles. Fit+Together also includes tips on nutrition, Htm can you resist. Get fit together—or just get together to paw over diet and skin care. the beautiful photos— in this guide to couples resistance training. The exercise regimen L u st probably works best if yoi and your partner hy Geoff Ryman; St. M artin’s Press, 2003; are roughly the same size nd weigh. Be ¡r $25.95 hardcover you’re not, the luscious sepia-toned ph tor. of the couple by G lenn Mitchell in a variety f you could bring to life the objects of of homoerotic positions can serve as coffee your sexual fantasies, tell them what table soft porn. to do and later dismiss them without — Floyd Sklaver consequence, would you? In Geoff Ryman’s seri ously funny, uasettlingly squinny novel Lust, a gay British scientist named Michael is suddenly empow ered with this dubious gift. 1 le calls up Tarzan. Billie Holiday. His younger self His idolized father. Even a cartoon. Michael settles in awhile with Pablo Picasso. While straight, the famous artist concedes that fucking Michael is worth the chance to live again. So much so that Picasso, like a boyfriend gone bad, won’t leave. As Michael’s phantoms begin taking on a life of their own, he slowly realizes the implications of creation and manipulation. Faintly sci-fi, heavily urban myth, this imaginative and smartly erotic page-turner questions: When we can have any thing we want, what is truly fulfilling? — Timothy Krause T he L eather the F emme D addy & by Carol Queen; Down There Press, 2003 ; $ 14 softenser his new “authors ver sion” of a 1998 novel is satisfying on sever al levels. Girol Queen fleshed emt her short story “After the Light Changed, proving that a short can he made into a palpable hook. The Leather Daddy & the Femme takes the reader on a journey that tickles your erotic taste buds and educates on the many ways your gender can act in service to your libido. Randy, aka Miranda, is a gender-blending, S"~\ ing around the cynical but loveable couple Mo and Sydney. More than 50 papers around the country carry Dykes to Watch Out For, and this Ls the 10th collection of the longest-mnning queer strip in the country. Bechdel books make perfect gifts— not too >hody has her finger on the pulse of \ I oKx lesbian expensive, and something someone will hang on V lesbi life like Alison Bechdel. Even to foreser. And if you know ^ t h e titles t of her someone who hasn’t started books xiks (thelast one • was Post- reading them yet, you can Dykes to Watch Out For) start at the beginning and buy reflect a changing dyke world. 'JùUCCV UT M O ’ J them one for every occasion And there’s been a lot of (A K ttU II H A S tD I,iu; FOPMi TO £ of the year. And even if you change in 20 years, which is HATCH D o t r o e V read the strip faithfully twice a how long Bechdel has been A L IS O N B E C H D E L month in Just Out, you’ll still penning the strip now— from want the btxiks for the extra her furtive beginnings in shorter, often unrelated cartoons— to its current stories always provided at the close, which tie up narrative form of interrelated characters revolv- l<x)se ends you’ll never see in the funny pages. D y k e s a n d S u n d r y O t h e r C a r b o n -B a s e d L ife -F o r m s t o W a t c h O u t F o r by Alison Bechdel; Alyson Publications, 2003; $13.95 softeover ( DYKES Alison Bechdel’s Dykes turns 20 Paint o Pot. T he N ight W e M et by Rob Byrnes; Kensing ton Publishing, 2003; $14 softeover ndrew West lake’s life is in _ the pits. His boyfriend has just left him, he isn’t the greatest novelist of his generation, and he doesn’t have axil friends to hang out with. Then he meets Frank DiBenedetto, the hunky owner of a new Man hattan disco. Even though Frank is closeted, engaged and possibly a member of the mob, Andrew falls in love with him and finds the feeling’s mutual. That’s the setup for Rob Byrnes’ first novel, The Night We Met, a madcap, tightly plotted and captivating farce. Events take refreshingly unexpected twists and turns at every opportu nity and leave the reader giddy with anticipa tion. 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Jack, aka Daddy, introduces Randy to his friends and their unique kink—only occasionally delving into a didactic monologue to explain how a leather daddy who is deeply entrenched in gay male culture can continually be attracted to a genderfucking young woman. A fine mix of edification and titillation, 1 rec ommend it for all the sexually adventurixis elves on yixir holiday list. — Enn Sexum-Sayler OPf N MON T m u RS ’ I 30AM IIP M fH l SAT I I 3CAM MIDNIGHT Stainless Steel. Tungsten and Titanium # ( S fUvAfiO NS R fC O M U fN D fD
