From the small volume Scouts in Bondage and Other Violations of Literary Propriety. Edited by Michael Bell, a proprietor of secondhand books from the “ancient coastal town” of Lewes, England. Scouts is a collection of amusing covers, this one from 1959 is subtitled “An Adventure Story for Boys.” What? That’s what Neo-colonial crypto-homosexuality was called in the middle of the 20th century…
Tag Archives: Wordplay
Leathers in Mozambique
Posted in Africa, Collecting, England, Europe, GAY GAZE: Visual Culture, Photos, Art, Comics, Film, Objects, etc..., History, Leather, Literature, Military, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Youth
Tagged Adventure, Art, Books, boys, Colonialism, Culture, Edward M. Christie, England, Gay Gaze, Leather, Literature, Michael Bell, Mozambique, Pop Culture, Wordplay
Mega-WHAT?! Today in unfortunate Typography
Really bad signage, but not such a bad idea at all…especially in today’s economy!
Power Runs in the Family…
Yes. It does. Sign seen on Market Street in San Francisco.
Grab WHAT by the Nuts?
Sight seen on a MUNI shelter sign in San Francisco’s SOMA district.
Dead Mobster? Head Lobster? WTF!
Sight seen at Mission Market Fish and Poultry in San Francisco.
Pole Express
Sight seen in a cafe window.
Posted in iPhone, Northern California, Photography, Signage, Strange Holidays
Tagged Folk Art, Gay, iPhone, NorthPole, Photography, Window Painting, Wordplay
S and M Hoover Bags…really.
Posted in iPhone, Leather, Photography, Signage
Tagged BDSM, iPhone, Photography, Wordplay
Sign Seen: Brazilian Top Team!
Plus some cone age pigeons…
PromisQous!
Posted in Food, iPhone, Photography, San Francisco, Signage
Tagged Gay, iPhone photography, Signage, Thanksgiving, Wine, Wordplay
Back in Please!
…and don’t forget the condoms.
Posted in Photography, San Francisco, Signage
Tagged Photography, San Francisco, Signage, SOMA, Wordplay
The Gay Highwaymen 