Brothels prepared for pilgrims

Here at the Corker office, we tracked a story circulated by the media that the brothels in Sydney had to increase staff numbers this weekend in order to deal with an expected influx of work due to World Youth Day.

By Lizza Gebilagin

We assumed there couldn’t have been any truth to the rumour, but being the curious journalists that we are (and here we use the term “journalist” rather loosely), we had to double check anyway. So we called four local brothels.

ESP Erotic Massage in Crows Nest said that they didn’t increase staff numbers, but suggested that the others might have done so. Club 121 in Darling Harbour, which is located right in the heart of where many World Youth Day events took place, didn’t increase staff numbers either and high-class joint Tiffany’s in Surry Hills, located on the pilgrim path for the final mass, refused to comment. The brothel in the midst of all the media coverage, Xclusive in Bondi, confirmed that they had increased staff numbers during the week because of an increase of patrons. But then admitted, “[The numbers increased] probably because we have just opened and we advertised a lot too.”

After the excitement faded and the rumour proved to be a dud, it didn’t make much sense anyway. How could pilgrims possibly pay for prostitutes when cab drivers were complaining all week that they didn’t have any work because kids were just catching buses? The pilgrims weren’t skipping cab rides because they were saving money to pay for booty. They simply didn’t have the money to spend. No money for a cab, means no money for ladies that charge by the hour.

Verdict: This rumour has been busted. Then again, there were 3,000 to 5,000 media here to cover the event, and we all know how sex-starved journalists can be…

Additional reporting by Michael Huynh

Clitoral Ecstasy

Feeling lost about the clitoris? Erin Bell guides you to the spot.

The clitoris is beautiful, warm, wet and a complete erogenous mystery to most. Women spend countless hours educating themselves on how to perform deep-throated fellatio. But how can they perfect the art of a clitoral orgasm? And trigger not one, but multiple, shuddering orgasms, which verge on a lower-body convulsion?

As the centre of female sexual excitement, this fine piece of erectile tissue boasts an elaborate design of 18 different parts and 8,000 nerve endings. Mastering a clitoral orgasm is an infectious disease and one you can only hope to catch. But if you don’t know how to treat a clitoris, don’t let it keep you awake at night – even textbooks struggle to understand it. A good guide to the clitoris is The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide For Us All by Felice Newman. Whether you’re male, female, straight or a raging lesbian like me, this book is considered by many to be the blueprint of female sexual gratification. Anyway let’s face facts. Lesbians are clitoral experts; they know how to make a clit throb.

Read the full story in Corker Issue 1: Autumn 2008

Designer Pubes

For the second issue of Corker, we wanted to road test these new pubic hair design templates from La Snatch. I just couldn’t work out how a flimsy sticker could stay on your pubes while you wax/shave around it. In the end, we worked out that you really need to get a pro to style your pubic hair region for you. The DIY wax just didn’t really work. You’ll have to check out a copy of the magazine for the results, but here is our behind the scenes video of our research. (You’ve got to love a job that involves going to a beautician to get your mate’s pubes waxed!)

Read the full story in Corker Issue 2: Winter 2008




Getting a buzz out of still life

Interested in displaying a painting of a sex toy on the wall of your living room? Meet the man who has made it possible.

By Nicholas Cornelius

“Traditionally rendered still life paintings need to get a little more dangerous,” says Pat Hobaugh. The 29-year-old artist from Wisconsin paints still life. Dildos to be exact. And vibrators, nipple clamps and butt plugs. Why? Because Hobaugh believes sex toys can also stimulate people outside of the bedroom. [Read more]