Originally published on the site in 2004, Austin Bunn's harrowing personal essay “Extreme Lengths” is an excruciating read involving the long-clichéd male rite of passage, circumcision. Uncut schlongs have been fetishized in gay culture, most notably in Bel Ami's eurotwink releases. However, for a pubescent Bunn, his overhanging prepuce was a source of muliebrity and teenage dread. Even if you have never struggled personally with lobbing your foreskin off with dental floss, Bunn's deliciously awkward coming-of-age tale will ring true in painfully rich detail. — Joey Hood