Lollipop Magazine

Chasing Amy – Review

July 1, 1997

Writer/director Kevin Smith knows a thing or two the big guys in Hollywood don’t, like, for instance, how to talk to people under 35 for whom Julia Roberts is not the pinnacle of sexual desirability. But he’s also got a thing or two to learn, or maybe unlearn.

Women and Men – Men: Ya can’t live with them, ya can’t feed ’em to the dog – Fiction

February 1, 1997

Guys can be downright embarrassing. Sometimes you want to apologize to your friends for their behavior. Sometimes you want to apologize to them for their behavior.

Nietzsche in the ’90s – Fiction

April 1, 1995

Never thought I’d pay to sweat. Never thought I’d expend large quantities of energy to stay in the same place. Never thought I’d willingly submit to VH1.

Legends of the Fall – Review

March 1, 1995

Every time Brad Pitt comes on screen, huge collective sigh escapes, and the squirming begins.

Liz Starbuck’s Sleeping Beauty – Fiction

March 1, 1995

I put a log in the stove and started to peel off his frozen clothing. When I got his pants off I almost freaked out at his legs’ bluish quality.

Cupid’s Painbrush – Fiction

February 1, 1995

There’s a kind of Zen to dipping the paintbrush in the paint can just deep enough, and then sliding it across a window sash, holding it at the perfect angle…

A Valentine’s Message – Fiction

February 1, 1995

All you single women out there are absolutely cool as shit, and most of you [heterosexual] single men are stone-cold petrified by that.

Take the B Train – Fiction

December 1, 1994

I imagine I can hear his finger slipping in and out, and I can almost smell my moisture mixed in with his woody fragrance.

Threesomes – Fiction

November 1, 1994

This report was compiled by asking people at parties to talk about sex, and then trying to remember what they’d said the next day when the alcohol wore off.

Sex & Drugs & Rock ‘n Roll – Banned in Boston – Rant

September 1, 1994

Sex & Drugs & Rock ‘n Roll are supposed to go hand-in-hand, but what about here in New England, home of the Puritans?