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Sept. 24 - Sept. 30, 2003 • Vol 37, No. 52


Is Sex Natural?

Sex used to be about repression, liberation, and culture. Now it's all about biology. Why are we turning to evolutionary history to explain 21st-century lust and desire?
By Annalee Newitz

Stalking the Wild Kink: A Field Guide
By Simon Sheppard

'Are You Hot?'
The Bay Guardian's 2003 Hotness Contest winners.

How to Have Sex in San Francisco
A beginner's guide.
By Karen Solomon

Fetish Fabulous
A selective guide to the Folsom Street Fair and related events.
By Melissa Broder

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In this issue

Editorial: Stop the park garage

Editorial: Ashcroft's new witch hunt

Editorial: No on Prop. 53

Opinion: Prop. L is good for business
By barry hermanson

Campaign Watch
News from the races for governor, mayor, district attorney and other fall ballot contests

The Other Ones
Bay Area gubernatorial candidates offer thought-provoking platforms.
By Sharon Luk

Recall Redux
Excerpts from the candidate statements of some of the 135 people who are running for governor of California
.

Blast from the Past
Federal government suddenly probing two 1970s political crimes.
By A.C. Thompson

Priority Parking
Golden Gate Park users say garage vote indicates favoritism toward the rich.
By Savannah Blackwell

Science Fiction
Ecstasy study gets discredited, but has the damage already been done?
By Steve Robles

Neighborhood Business:

The Cyberdykes
For real-life Bay Area couple Alexi and Zille Defeu, making Web porn is a family business.
By Alissa Chadburn

Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene

Being There
The Zen of relaxation
By karen solomon

alt.sex.column By Andrea Nemerson

Double Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz

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Dine
The sum of us

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Co-opted

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
The Soprano

By Dan Leone

Table Ready
Cliff notes

By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
A cuppa ginjo

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Spiritual hunger

By Miriam Wolf

Take That
Injera report

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
Sluggish

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more
...

The Blender

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Art: The Reel Thing
Urgent messages charge the Arab Film Festival.
By Robert Avila

Art: One from the Heart
Welcome to the worlds of triple-threat artist Clare E. Rojas.
By Kimberly Chun

Art: Critic's Choice - '17+ Studio Artists of the Clay Studio'
By Lindsey Westbrook

Film: Max, Mon Amour
Booty still calls in Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au grisbi.
By Chuck Stephens

Film: Morbid Love
The Embalmer excavates a closet case.
By Johnny Ray Huston

Film: Critic's Choice - 'Taking Sides'
By David Fear

Music: Fight Club
Picking at Fleshies
By Duncan Scott Davidson

Music: A tale of Two Letters
D.C.'s Q and Not U deliver propulsive punk with progressive edges.
By Vivian Host

Dance: Critic's Choice - Sonya Delwaide
By Rita Felciano

The Litterbox By John O'Neill

Liner notes By Lynn Rapoport

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

Script Doctor

Grooves

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The Void

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Life During Wartime
The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links.

Media Beat
The politics of money: Media coverage magnifies the power of campaign cash
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
Opening up government contracts: The Bush administration is considering putting key federal records on the Web.
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

The two faces of George Bush in Africa: He wants to fight AIDS – but only if it doesn't hurt the drug companies.
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman


Journalists under fire
Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe

First amendment alerts

The shame of Hearst
By Bruce B. Brugmann, 11.14.01

Anniversary Issue
The case for MUD: A public power agency could cut electric rates by 20 percent – and still make millions of dollars.

It's funny in Kansas
Joke of the day

Superlist
All the world's a cinema: Outdoor film, celluloid and supper, bar movies, and more.