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Firemen and Sirens: Ruminations on the Art of Seduction

By Katja Schubl | October 18, 2004

In 1958's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Elizabeth Taylor authored her infamy. When people refer to her younger years, she's still shown wearing the white chiffon dress that gushed around her during the coin scenes. We inevitably see her with her head cocked and one black brow arched, fondling the charm at her collarbone with a lazy wrist, lips plump and faintly parted, her neckline scooped so low that it abandons the camera frame.

Plump up your pillow talk: Take that risk, it'll pay off

By Katja Schubl | September 27, 2004

For a society that relies so wholeheartedly on the freedom of speech, we're surprisingly fussy about talking dirty in bed.

Examining a climate of fear: Won't you be my neighbor?

By Katja Schubl | September 13, 2004

I've been here for years, but I can count off thenumber of gay people I've met on one hand. Everywhere I have been, provided I stayed there longer than a few weeks, my circle came to include more people with homo-, bi- or transsexual tendencies than in all of my time here. And it was not for lack of trying.

Normless lovin'

By Katja Schubl | July 19, 2004

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Though jeering at self-help manuals is a personal hobby I like to advertise, there's a very good reason why this slogan has become engrained our minds and conversations over the last decade.

Sex in long-term relationships: Evolution or Ewwolution?

By Katja Schubl | April 19, 2004

We all know that the sexual dynamic between two people changes over time. But how? What should we expect after those first years -- stiff as a board or bored stiff? Let's chart this one out. First night.

Fire early? You're fired

By Katja Schubl | March 29, 2004

I'd been saving myself for months. Fall semester had just ended. I'd hopped a flight home to Munich, had reached his loft in spite of snow flurries and blurred jet-lag vision and had solicited scented candles from a smirking neighbor.

At the risk of sounding unromantic

By Katja Schubl | March 1, 2004

This might surprise some of you, but my firstcolumn generated hardly any dissention. Almost all responses were approving and, if I got very lucky, inquisitive.

If you can't loosen up, it's best not to go down

By Katja Schubl | February 16, 2004

As a woman, I'm unaccustomed to sexual performance anxiety. Our problem has traditionally been the generation -- not the utilization -- of desire. Still, there are moments when, in the midst of our recommended daily landslide of feral passion, we get caught up in some mechanical dilemma. Example: After the rush of devotion that goes into good oral sex, should one crown the achievement with a kiss?

Katja Schubl

Firemen and Sirens: Ruminations on the Art of Seduction

Plump up your pillow talk: Take that risk, it'll pay off

Examining a climate of fear: Won't you be my neighbor?

Normless lovin'

Sex in long-term relationships: Evolution or Ewwolution?

Fire early? You're fired

At the risk of sounding unromantic

If you can't loosen up, it's best not to go down

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