Finished Crooked Little Vein...

Last night I finished reading Warren Ellis's Crooked Little Vein. I laughed at some parts, my expectations were met. The book's graphic sexuality and fetish descriptions were extreme but I do follow Ellis's blog and he links to some of these same subcultures. Trix, the main female character, defends these lifestyles, as she is a participant and not just an observing graduate student. Her argument (echoed by other characters in the novel) that the difference between "mainstream" and "alternative" is a matter of degree with the increased exposure of all types of sexuality and human culture expressed through social networking webs and accessible through Internet search engines.

Last night's My Name is Earl, with its homosexual love story between the two leaders of two rival prison gangs, was personally shocking for its explicit and positive portrayal of public displays of affection. I looked away from some of these scenes, but the story was off-beat enough that at the end, I hope that these two characters will show up in later episodes.