Introduction Part I. The Flash Press 1 Beginnings: Rivalry and Satire 2 Sexual Politics 3 Trials and Tribulations 4 Legacies Part II. Flash Press Excerpts 1 Purposes "Revival of the Whip," Whip , October 15, 1842. 2 Libertinism "The Conspiracy against the Rake," Rake , September 3, 1842. "Whoredom in New York," Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, April 9, 1842. "An Avowal of Love," Weekly Rake , July 30, 1842. 3 Brothel Life "Destruction of the National Theatre," Dixon''s Polyanthos , June 6, 1841. "The Frail Fair," Whip , August 6, 1842.
"The Princess Julia''s Ball," Whip , January 14, 1843. "Lives of the Nymphs, No. 11.: Amanda Green," Sunday Flash , October 17, 1841. "Lives of the Nymphs.: Amanda B. Thompson and Her Attache," True Flash , December 4, 1841. "Our first walk about Town," Whip , October 15, 1842.
"Scandalous," Whip , July 30, 1842. "The Battery Spy," Whip , July 9, 1842. "The beautiful and divine Elizabeth Perkins," Flash , July 3, 1842. "A Star," Whip , February 11, 1843. "The Brothel Expose,--No. 6.: Mrs. Bowen, of Church street," Whip , July 30, 1842.
4 Heterosexuality "Obscene Pictures," New York Sporting Whip , February 11, 1843. "Adultery and Fornication," Flash , October 31, 1841. "Sketches of Characters---No. 16.: The Chambermaid," Whip and Satirist of New York and Brooklyn, April 9, 1842. "Making Love in the Streets," Whip, January 1, 1842. "Fair Sex," New York Sporting Whip , January 28, 1843. "To the Editors of the Whip," Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn , March 26, 1842.
"Marriage in High Life," Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn , March 19, 1842. "Masturbation," Flash , July 10, 1842. "Utica," Whip , September 10, 1842. "Philadelphia Pimps of Fame," Flash , August [7], 1842. 5 Gossip, Vituperation, and Blackmail "The Whip Wants to Know," Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn , April 2, 1842. "Spirit-Gas Scorpion," True Flash, December 4, 1841. "New York. City Correspondence of the Whip," Whip , September 10, 1842.
"Madame Trust," New York Sporting Whip , February 11, 1843. "Madam Costello, the ''Female Physician,''" New York Sporting Whip , February 11, 1843 6 Racism, Anti-Amalgamation "Boz at the Five Points," Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn , March 12, 1842. "Baltimore," Whip , July 9, 1842. "Charity Begins at Home," Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn , April 2, 1842. 7 Homosexuality "The Sodomites," Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn , January 29, 1842. "Our Arrow Has Hit the Mark," Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn , February 5, 1842. "Domestic Communications. A Man-Monster," Flash , August [7], 1842.
"Domestic Communications: Monsters," Flash , August 14, 1842. "A Sodomite Nabbed," Rake , October 1, 1842. 8 Indictments "Gallery of Rascalities and Notorieties--No. 6: Big Levy," Sunday Flash , October 17, 1841. "Our Indictment," Flash , October 30, 1841. "Our Course," Whip , July 23, 1842 9 Sports and Theater in the Flash World "The Ring," Flash , September 4, 1842. "Fight between Two Cock-Chickens, on Tuesday," Flash , June 23, 1842. "Canine Fancy," Whip , November 12, 1842.
"A Day at Hoboken.--The Regatta," Whip , November 12, 1842. "Plays, Playhouses and their Players; or, a peep at their performances," Weekly Rake , October 1, 1842. "The Third Tier," Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, January 29, 1842. Acknowledgments Appendix Notes Index.