Screw (magazine)
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Categories | Pornographic men's |
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Frequency | Weekly |
Publisher | Al Goldstein (1968–2003) Kevin Hein (2004–2007) Phil Autelitano (2018–) |
First issue | 1968 |
Company | AMG, LLC |
Country | United States |
Based in | New York City Miami, Florida |
Language | English |
Website | Official Website |
Screw is a pornographic online magazine published in the United States aimed at heterosexual men; originally published as a weekly tabloid newspaper with a statement on the cover offering, "Jerk-Off Entertainment for Men".[1] It was first published in-print in November 1968[2][3] by Al Goldstein and Jim Buckley (who edited the short-lived "sister" tabloid Gay),[4] and was printed weekly in tabloid form. At its peak, Screw sold 140,000 copies a week.[5] Founder Al Goldstein won a series of nationally significant court cases addressing obscenity.[6]
On May 2, 1969, Screw published the first reference in print to J. Edgar Hoover's sexuality, entitled "Is J. Edgar Hoover a Fag?"[7][8][9]
The Eulenspiegel Society (the first BDSM organization founded in the United States[10]) was founded in 1971 in New York City by Pat Bond (he was a music teacher) and Fran Nowve, as an informal association and support group for masochists; sadists joined shortly after in that same year.[11] Bond placed an ad in Screw in December 1970, reading:
Masochist? Happy? Is it curable? Does psychiatry help? Is a satisfactory life-style possible? There's women's lib, black lib, gay lib, etc. Isn't it time we put something together?"[12]
Screw's most successful issue, published in 1973, contained unauthorized photos of Jacqueline Kennedy nude.[13]
Stripper and erotic performance artist Honeysuckle Divine wrote a column, "Diary of a Dirty Broad", for Screw for several years.[14] According to Goldstein, her act "was unbelievably disgusting, so naturally, we made her our symbol."[15] She also appeared in Goldstein's movie, SOS: Screw on the Screen.
In 1974, Goldstein and Buckley were charged with 12 counts of obscenity in a federal court in Kansas. The case dragged on for three years through two trials and was finally settled when Goldstein agreed to pay a $30,000 fine.[16]
In 1977, Alabama governor George Wallace sued Screw for $5 million for publishing the claim that he had learned to perform sexual acts from reading the magazine. The two parties settled for $12,500, and Screw agreed to print an apology.[17]
The magazine suspended publication in October 2003, and Goldstein declared bankruptcy.[18] In 2004 the periodical was restarted by former employees led by Kevin Hein; physical publication ended in 2007 as the title neared, but did not reach, its 2000th issue.[19]
In 2019, Screw returned as an adult, subscription-based television channel ("SCREW TV") on Roku developed and produced by long-time Goldstein friend and associate Phil Autelitano.[20]
On November 4, 2020, the 52nd anniversary of its initial launch, Screw resumed publishing in digital-only format, published by SCREW TV producer Phil Autelitano (as "Phil Italiano") and Autelitano Media Group of Miami, FL.[21]
References
- ^ "Tumblr". www.tumblr.com. Retrieved Oct 11, 2022.
- ^ "Defunct or Suspended Magazines, 2003". The Association of Magazine Media. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ Newman, Andy. "Al Goldstein, Who Made Porn Dirtier, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "An advertisement for Gay may be seen at 41.media.tumblr.com, retrieved 11/21/2014". Retrieved Oct 11, 2022.
- ^ Ashley West, "Remembering Al Goldstein: A Happy Jew," The Rialto Report, January 5, 2014, Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ Frumkes, Roy (2008-12-21). "FIR '08 Stocking Stuffer". Films in Review. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ "Marc Davis, "The Screw-y, Filthy World of Al Goldstein", Jewniverse, November 18, 2013, retrieved November 20, 2014". thejewniverse.com. Retrieved Oct 11, 2022.
- ^ "Screw : The Sex Review". Specific Object. Retrieved Oct 11, 2022.
- ^ Edison, Mike (2011). Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!: Of —Playboys, Pigs, and Penthouse Paupers—An American Tale of Sex and Wonder. Soft Skull Press. ISBN 9781593764678. Retrieved November 21, 2014. ISBN 1593762844
- ^ Margot Weiss (20 December 2011). Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality. Duke University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8223-5159-7.
- ^ "Pat Bond & Terry Kolb". Leatherhalloffame.com. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "The Eulenspiegel Society | Manhattan Alternative". www.manhattanalternative.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Tumblr". screwmag.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ^ "Tumblr". www.tumblr.com. Retrieved Oct 11, 2022.
- ^ "Al Goldstein: The Anti-Hef". Hazlitt. Dec 20, 2013. Retrieved Oct 11, 2022.
- ^ "Goldstein Pays $30,000, Ending Obscenity Trial". The New York Times. March 16, 1978.
- ^ UPI (1977-04-13). "Wallace Settles with Screw". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ Sloan, Will (December 20, 2013). "Al Goldstein: The Anti-Hef". Hazlitt. Random House of Canada. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ "The New Screw Review". New York Press. 2 March 2005. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ Walker, Reggie (June 17, 2019). "SCREW TV Brings Storied Magazine to Roku". XBIZ. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ Parkman, Dave (September 18, 2020). "Miami Group to Relaunch Legacy 'Screw' Magazine". XBIZ. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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