Since its controversial release and subsequent rapid removal, No Doubt’s racist comeback video, “Looking Hot,” has engendered both indictments and shrugs. Marisa Demarco explains why perpetuating racist stereotypes and sexually violent themes in a pop music video matters in Plenty of Doubt.
sexuality
V.26 No.7 | 02/16/2017
Event Horizon
A Heavenly Pleasure
Friday, Feb 24: The Secret History of Sex, Choice and Catholics
A film about Catholic social teaching on issues related to sex and sexuality and features interviews with leading experts in the fields of Catholic theology, philosophy and ethics.
V.24 No.6 | 2/5/2015
Get Lit
Sex Ape
Are humans ready to learn from our most promiscuous cousins?
The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace Through Pleasure
Sexologist Dr. Susan Block has a unique solution to human sexual and social happiness: Follow the example of our great ape cousins, the bonobos.
V.23 No.1 | 1/2/2014
Book Review
Boner Killer
God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis
The world has been ruled by men since the beginning of recorded history, and men’s thoughts have been ruled by their genitals for almost as long.
V.22 No.48 | 11/28/2013
Book Review
Deviant is the Norm
Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us
What’s sick, and what’s just human?
V.22 No.45 | 11/7/2013
Book Review
Come, Find Yourself
The Big Book of Orgasms: 69 Sexy Stories
A dizzying excursion through the myriad ways we get ourselves and our partners off.
V.22 No.32 | 8/8/2013
Arts Feature
Our Bodies, Our Stories
New sex and relationship book empowers everybody
In candidly self-aware comics and essays, Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf explores the spectrum human relationships and sexuality. All of it.
Aural Fixation
Plenty of Doubt
Racist video mars old band's return to relevance
Marisa Demarco meditates on the many reasons why No Doubt’s “Looking Hot” video is racist and highly offensive.
V.19 No.43 | 10/28/2010
Newscity
Porn Festival Screwed
Film showcase blocked by zoning regulations
Molly Adler and Matie Fricker learned the word "turgid" from the city's zoning code. The two co-own Self Serve, a sex shop.
V.19 No.24 | 6/17/2010
Craig Stoebling
Performance Review
Father Knows Best?
In the pulpit with Aux Dog Theatre
Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the “Rumble in the Rectory.”
In the right corner, hailing from old-school Catholicism, weighing in at a comfortably paunchy but undisclosed amount, wearing black with a Roman collar, we have reigning champion and “Most Tactful Priest in the Diocese” ... Father Tim Farley!
And in the left corner, our challenger, a featherweight straight from the seminary, whose quick jabs, fiery idealism and brutal honesty make him a rising star in the amateur circuit ... Mark “The Deacon” Dolson!
Let’s get ready to rummmmmble!
