Status Updates From Lapham's Quarterly: Flesh (...

Excerpt from Maureen Gibbon's Swimming Sweet Arrow about youth's experiences with sex, sweetly told.

James Fraser's The Golden Bough studied the flesh eating habits of tribes. Interesting list.

Island of Gastrolaters by Francois Rabelais with sumptuous descriptions of eating food feasts and sex feasts.

Next segment is the online chat between Berlin Engineer Brandes offering himself to Armin Meiwes as a meal. This was prefaced by a Titian's painting, "The Flaying of Marsyas".

Interesting list, "Hidden Agendas: Legislating Women's Bodies" in various laws throughout history dictating how women should cover their bodies. Also, ritual of foot binding. Surprise didn't mention about the awful ritual of cutting the clitoris so she wouldn't feel pleasure.

Virtual interactive genital attachments? A talking penis? LMAO! What shall we talk about? Hope it's a smart penis (not small, smart). I find intelligent men capable of stimulating dialogue sexy so that's another take on artificial penile stimulation.

I was skimming some of the back issues and this issue drew me in. As much as I love the abstract concept of Discovery, the Flesh both abstract and concrete, is fascinating. The Fig in the cover reminds me of The Inxs video The One Thing. BTW, for $29 annual digital subscription, you get access to all the digital back issues. Great deal for this treasure!