Christine Borden
Female
San Francisco
I write about sex and dating. Please don't send pictures of your genitals to christine@sfappeal.com.
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Commented on SF Polling Place Report: Playing Children, Unpleasant Cops
I live in NoPa (where the District 5 supervisor hopefuls have been campaigning in full force). I dropped off my ballot around 9:45 and my polling place was pretty quiet: no line and a few people voting at booths. The...
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Commented on Tenant Troubles: Does My Landlord Have To Fix My Broken Dishwasher?
Today I learned! So helpful. :) Thanks, Dave!...
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Commented on The Sexual Manifesto: A Play Party? Is That Like an Orgy?
Thanks for the tip!...
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: A Play Party? Is That Like an Orgy? to Culture/Entertainment
As I walked down the hallway, I spotted the two attractive shirtless men who had caught my eye before. Lying on their sides, they...
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: And Now I'm An Extra In A Porn Shoot to Culture/Entertainment
It's not every day that you get to be an extra in a porn shoot. At the Armory, that's called Thursday night. It's 6:30...
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: On the Other Side of the Peep Show Glass to Culture/Entertainment
You're buzzed in through the employee entrance. You snake your way along a thin corridor that makes you feel as if you're backstage at...
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Commented on Red Cross And Private Donors To Help Victims Of Western Addition Fire
Thanks for the photo credit!...
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: A Woman's Perspective on a 'Pickup Artist' Bootcamp to Culture/Entertainment
A man spots an attractive woman, follows her up an escalator and around a corner, threading through the holiday crowd at the Westfield mall....
- Favorited Dance Flash: Getting Down at Your Office Holiday Party on Culture/Entertainment
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: The Tao Of Being Single to Culture/Entertainment
There seems to be a widespread sentiment that singles are a sad sort...or maybe this is just the effect of reading too many Cathy...
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: Everyone Knows Your Name...and What You Look Like Naked to Culture/Entertainment
You can't swing a tit around in this city without knocking your knockers into someone you previously dated. This is particularly true in the...
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: A Bridge Between Us to Culture/Entertainment
The East Bay is only several miles away, but to San Franciscans, it's an eternity and a half. Its crown jewels of Berkeley and...
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: Roommate Wanted (Sluts Need Not Apply) to Culture/Entertainment
It's hard enough to find a decent apartment to rent in San Francisco. But couple that hunt with some sex-negative sentiments from potential roommates,...
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Commented on The Sexual Manifesto: The Post-Modern Take On Tech And Dating
Phone calls? God, the only people who call me nowadays are automated WalMart telemarketers from Alabama....
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: The Post-Modern Take On Tech And Dating to Culture/Entertainment
San Franciscans can smell desperation like they can smell the morning buns baking at Tartine before they roll leisurely out of bed to line...
- Favorited Goodies by Anna: S'mores Cookie Bars on Food
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: When Bondage Meets the Web to Culture/Entertainment
The conversation about online dating ignores (at least) one community in particular: kinksters. It's no surprise, really. Those who talk about and study the...
- Favorited Your Week In Lady News: Cal Poly Rapes, Whither Jobs, Plus Sized Doulas on News
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: Does The SF Dating Scene Need To Freshen Up? to Culture/Entertainment
There's something rotten in the state of dating. At least that seems to be the current soliloquy. On a Wednesday evening, I found myself...
- Favorited Though Complaints On The Rise, BART Not Enforcing Rules For Bikes on News
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Commented on The Sexual Manifesto: Reasons Why You're Still Single
I LOLed....
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: Reasons Why You're Still Single to Culture/Entertainment
Singledom can be a degenerative disease. Instead of alleviating the pain, let's attack the source of this problem. You may be (sad and) single...
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Commented on The Sexual Manifesto: Pseudo-Helpful Dating Tips For The 20-Something Woman
Only if you bring the roofies!...
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: Pseudo-Helpful Dating Tips For The 20-Something Woman to Culture/Entertainment
The San Francisco dating scene is not typical. No two 20-something mostly-straight women will have the same experiences, but they will theoretically come across...
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Commented on Eating And Drinking Ban On BART: Does The Policy Matter?
I rode BART home the other day and sat next to a man who ate the entire ride. He was discreet and polite about it, but I was really impressed: one sandwich, one salad, and two different kinds of apples!...
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Commented on Ask the Appeal: Can Stores Charge You To Use A Credit Card?
That said, customers should not be dickwads and try to charge a $2 purchase to their cards....
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Commented on The Sexual Manifesto: The Laws Of Dating
This is the cutest comment EVAR....
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: The Laws Of Dating to Culture/Entertainment
The same laws that govern our physical world reign over our romances. Think about it: you've got matter and motion, energy and force...the only...
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: What Good Is the Female Orgasm Anyway? to Culture/Entertainment
This is how you make a baby the old-fashioned way: man ejaculates (usually coincides with orgasm) into a woman's vagina and the sperm make...
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Posted The Sexual Manifesto: What Is This Elusive 'Bisexual'? to Culture/Entertainment
You've heard them all: Bisexuality doesn't really exist. Or, rather, bisexuality is a phase (i.e. college) that people eventually grow out of and then...
