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Once the Toothpaste Is Out of the Tube, You Can’t Put It Back

Once the Toothpaste Is Out of the Tube, You Can’t Put It Back

An Interview with Charles Gatewood

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Carl Abrahamsson
Apr 02, 2025
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Many moons ago I used to go regularly to San Francisco’s most celebrated (and most well-attended) event: The Folsom Street Fair. On the third/last Sunday of each September, a section of Folsom and surrounding streets magically changes into a wonderfully narcissistic flesh feast of ultra-tolerance. An assortment of sexualities and pathologies are present…

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