Hot Pants Homo

(Crude, but not actually X-rated; but the title is HOT PANTS HOMO, so it won’t be to everyone’s taste) From Chris Ambidge on the Facebook group soc-motss on 8/10: [CA:] I must have done something wrong — I’ve never seen a book like this on a bookstore shelf. Maybe I didn’t have enough Ovaltine? CA alludes to vintage ads for Ovaltine, notable (these days) for their use of the adjective gay ‘light-hearted, carefree’, e.g. “To Wake Up GAY in the Morning! Just Try this at Bedtime Tonight!” (see my 7/20/17 posting“Ovaltine mornings”). The cover of Hot Pants Homo summarizes the crucial plot point: BISEXUAL … HE TOOK ON MALE AND FEMALE ALIKE This is about our hero’s choices of sexual partners: who he prongs. But then above: IT TOOK HIM YEARS OF AGONY TO REALIZE THAT HE WANTED A MAN And that’s about his desires: who arouses him. That’s something else. And now we’re in the giant can of worms of my 8/14 posting “Three prolegomena to a giant can of worms”, summarized this way: [Prolegomena:] 1…