Tom sent me this brilliant academic review of 3 recent studies in male sexuality, which included the following line from one of the books:
Excellent...
In Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid, Lisa Jean Moore, an associate professor of sociology and women's studies at the State University of New York College at Purchase,, examines how the definition and meaning of sperm has changed depending on period and point of view. This book has, hands down, one of the most arresting first sentences I've ever seen: "It has been called sperm, semen, ejaculate, seed, man fluid, baby gravy, jizz, cum, pearl necklace, gentleman's relish, wad, pimp juice, number 3, load, spew, donut glaze, spunk, gizzum, cream, hot man mustard, squirt, goo, spunk, splooge, love juice, man cream, and la leche." What mesmerizing vernacular poetry!
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one starving musician came by to say: with on opener like that how could you not keep going!
Thanks for the tip.
j.e.
And that book was written by a lesbian! A lesbian who was once the director of a sperm bank. She is either a) amazingly broad-minded, or b) the vanguard of a conspiracy to gain control of the one contribution men make to human reproduction and then get rid of them for good.
Academia is suddenly looking like a more attractive career option.
i always fancied "spew".
and the moral is?
SWALLOW
actually i didn't like that review at all as its criticsms were baseless and the negative comments didn't focus on any specific criticsms (or they seemed like incredibly petty criticisms to an otherwise ambitious and thought-provoking work)
however, i would HIGHLY reccommend sperm counts. it's a great read.
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