February 7th, 2011
Galley Friends J.S. and A.W. send along excellent reading for the day.
First, there’s Joseph Epstein in the Journal on the mortal condition. Even by his own standards, this is awfully good stuff. Lots of hotness concerning Adam & Eve, gangster rap, and Cicero.
The other is a triptych of pieces in New York about internet porn. Start with “The Explosion of Free Online Porn” and move on to “How Porn Is Affecting the Libido” and “They Know What Boys Want.” It’s hard to properly state how great this cover package is.
Best line: In explaining how porn has changed male expectations of, and consequently women’s attitudes toward, real sex:
Monty, 31, an actor from Queens, who between shooting scenes spends about an hour a day masturbating to online porn, says he’s noticed the shift. “I was with a girl who seemed to be in an arms race with porn,” he says. “She had this imaginary Soviet Union she kept trying to out-fuck.”
The only thing I don’t quite buy is that an American actor came up with such a killer line.
SkinsFanPG February 7, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Best line ever: “This answer did nothing to dispel suspicions, and Brazzers quickly came to be viewed by its many industry critics as an almost The Firm–like criminal corporation.”
So awesome, so true!