Steampunk's Guide to Sex

Margaret Killjoy sez, "We just got A Steampunk's Guide to Sex back from the printer! With contributions by Alan Moore, Molly Crabapple, and Professor Calamity, the book covers all kinds of crazy Victorian sexuality as well as ideas about steampunk and geek sexuality in the 21st century. It comes complete with sketchy DIY how-tos and is illustrated by original tintypes."

Prostitution, pornography, sex toys, dirty stories, BDSM, gay New York, can-can dancers, strippers, tight-laced corsets, prudery, polyamory, consent, venereal diseases, piercings, birth control, aphrodisiacs, creepers, floggers, steam-powered vibrators, sex slang—mad historian Professor Calamity and his assembled crew of steampunk authors, artists, and performers share everything you want to know, and more, about sex under the reign of Victoria and sex in our modern subculture. Featuring contributions by: Professor Calamity, Luna Celeste, Molly Crabapple, KC Crowell, O.M. Grey, Sarah Hunter (aka Lady Clankington), Margaret Killjoy, Canis Latrans, Talloolah Love, Screaming Mathilda, Alan Moore, Miriam Roček, J.I. Wittstein.

A Steampunk's Guide to Sex

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http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/becoming-a-steampunk-best-way-to-prolong-virginity-2012062932516
- Jem Sweeney
  
  Eh. If you’re reasonably attractive, any subculture is a pretty good place to get laid, since you’re surrounded by people as crazy as you are.
  - http://burntheflag.ca Jardine
    
    If you’re reasonably attractive
    
    Fuck.
    - http://twitter.com/fossilfuels Funk Daddy
      
      reasonably attractive or well accessorized, either is acceptable sex fodder in a fashion subculture
http://jeremiah-cornelius.myopenid.com/ Jeremiah Cornelius

Revolting.

All that’s required is a candle, and a Barry White record on the stereo.
- Rich Keller
  
  I beg your pardon, but it’s a Bunsen burner and a Joplin roll on the Pianola.
  - orangedesperado
    
    No, you are both incorrect. It is a nattily dressed Calliope player and a gaggle of gender-fluid polyamorous lasses, at least one of whom wears a monocle. Plus some dust.
- niktemadur
  
  Barry White? Trying to hard. “Oooh baby, I wanna be your everything”.
  Marvin Gaye is the man. Sade ain’t too shabby either.
  In fact, Sade is the fucking bomb for fucking.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvM0M6lRfI
  - http://jeremiah-cornelius.myopenid.com/ Jeremiah Cornelius
    
    Yes. I was positioning at the extremes, with Barry “take it all off” White.
    
    “Let’s Get It On” is aural lubrication.
    
    Al Green can do a number, too.
    
    Sade? You save her up, for when you’re in L-O-V-E !
Jean Baptiste

101 pages? I think I’ll pass…
- magpiekilljoy
  
  It’s 160 pages. Still slim, but it’s also a $10 book.
  - Jean Baptiste
    
    At 160 pages I’d definitely be more likely to buy a copy, for sure :) But amazon is saying it’s 108 pages. Might wanna let ‘em know they’re wrong, if so. Good luck with the book :)
Antinous / Moderator

Some of us have been using spare machine parts as sex toys for decades.
- Florian Bösch
  
  Everybody’s got to let of some steam… ^^
  
  Brought to you by the Interior Dep. of Bad Puns
- niktemadur
  
  spare machine parts as sex toys
  
  Spare us the details.
  - Jem Sweeney
    
    No, don’t. Tell me about sexually-transmitted tetanus, too. That’s gotta stump the doc.
Jake0748

That Margaret Killjoy is a real downer, man. Plus… I can’t wait to see what they mean by “gay New York”, how does THAT fit in with the whole Steampunk thingiedoodle?
bzishi

“Hold on one second. I’ve got to get the hydraulics to work. Oh, and you might want to put on those welding goggles I gave you.”
http://twitter.com/amanicdroid Dr. Chronobiologist

Who has time to have sex when they’re trying to find ornamental brass gears to complete their PC case?
I’m starting to have doubts about the dedication of this community.
http://birdshirt.org housechore

Knees clapped shut.
oldtaku

Unless it involves gluing a shitload of cogs and watches to your dick I don’t want to hear about it.

If it does, I’ll take a dozen copies!
- welcomeabored
  
  ‘I am the Keymaster! Are you the Gate Keeper?’
http://www.leidentech.com leidentech

Beware of burns. Enough said.
gwailo_joe

For what it’s worth, I had absolutely fabulous sexual congress this early afternoon, with an actual person..and it was mutually beneficial.

No unnecessary adjuncts or additives were put into play.

(OK: Kleenex. Kleenex is helpful. And a glass of water for post-coital hydration…)

But shouldn’t sex be a journey, an adventure? Two (or more) people exhibiting the fundamental reason for existence…whilst accumulating orgasms along the way…

Following in the footsteps of others might be useful for some…but while I have no truck with this book (I like books! I like sex!)…I do have one issue:

Hydraulic fluid has No Place in the bedroom!
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Hydraulic fluid has No Place in the bedroom!
  
  Fred With Tires disagrees.
- SoItBegins
  
  …nudge nudge, wink wink…
Senor Schaffer

http://timothyjones.typepad.com/photos/stuff/nerds.jpg
niktemadur

What is this, Boing Boing After Dark?
http://www.geekforce.com Hugh Johnson

Yet another shark has been jumped.
http://burntheflag.ca Jardine

I’ll just leave this here:

http://vimeo.com/860821
- KBert
  
  Too high a risk of going blind, for me…
http://redesigned.com redesigned

i’m not sure what steampunk sex is…but i’m fairly certain it involves lots of gears, aviator goggles, a gas mask, an old typewriter, and a bunch of brown leather and brass.
http://BrianEaston.net/ Brian Easton

I draw the line at taking sexual advice from Alan Moore
http://twitter.com/ImmortalYawn ImmortalYawn

Jesus, isnt this crap dead yet?
jimmyungreek

A quick google image search of steampunk porn (filters off) yields a great deal about lady clangkington -aka ‘nicotine’. check out the guy in the white pith helmet. jeezus it’s horrifying! the egos are astounding!
- http://twitter.com/amanicdroid Dr. Chronobiologist
  
  Yeah. Awful [slips off pyjama pants], just awful.