https://drsusanblock.com Dr. Susan Block's Journal Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:06:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://drsusanblock.com/adult-site-broker-talk https://drsusanblock.com/adult-site-broker-talk#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:46:38 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175909 June 23, 2026 –  In this in-depth Adult Site Broker Talk interview, Dr. Susan Block, aka “Dr. Suzy,” delves into her remarkable journey from Philadelphia and Yale to becoming one of the world’s most expressive and recognizable voices in sexology, therapy and media. Reflecting upon how California gave her the freedom to build a unique […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/adult-site-broker-talk/feed 10 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-red-white-blue https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-red-white-blue#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:03:39 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175875 by Dr. Susan Block. We’re just a few sparklers and a sucker punch away from America’s 250th birthday. It’s times like these that I really miss my dearly departed Captain Max – both to celebrate the red, white and bonobo blue and to stand with me against these performative patriots with sucker-punching kinks. But my […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-red-white-blue/feed 10 https://drsusanblock.com/max-ballad https://drsusanblock.com/max-ballad#comments Sat, 23 May 2026 03:59:39 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175839   Dr. Suzy’s BALLAD of CAPTAIN MAX [Verse 1] Max was born in the Vatican hospital As bombs dropped down on Rome Life wasn’t always so logical Max sailed away from home A child of old nobility, from Gaetano Filangieri and Lobkowicz Bohemia to Reader-Written Media. Born into war, Max lived in Peace, Max Art […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-ballad/feed 36 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-stroke-death https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-stroke-death#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:39:05 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175832 by Dr. Susan Block. Now tumbling down the hill of time in an avalanche of emotion is the first anniversary of Max’s death. It’s been a year of immeasurable loss, bottomless grief, sleepless nights, vivid memories, strange and somewhat comforting rituals – ashes to ashes, stroke to smoke – Bonoboville gatherings and art therapy since […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-stroke-death/feed 22 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-wedding-anniversaries https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-wedding-anniversaries#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:43:55 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175810 by Dr. Susan Block. It’s coming up on our 34th Wedding Anniversary! Well, not exactly. Sad to say, my beloved Max passed away last year after a major stroke that shattered his brain (but not our marriage). So, though we would be married 34 years on April 12, 2026 if Max were alive, we were […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-wedding-anniversaries/feed 19 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-easter-passover-nowruz https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-easter-passover-nowruz#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:03:15 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175790 by Dr. Susan Block. Holidays whip up sweet and spicy memories of Captain Max that I stir into a new Spring casserole of vintage photos. Like onions, some make me cry, but most are tasty enough to make me smile and occasionally even lick my lips. I call it “collage therapy” and, like good holy-dazed […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-easter-passover-nowruz/feed 12 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-purim-stpaddy https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-purim-stpaddy#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:40:12 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175771 by Dr. Susan Block. Chag Sameach Purim and Erin Go Bragh. The Irish/Jewish convergence of Purim and St. Patrick’s Day – with pro-bonobo and Free Palestine touches – comes together in one lucky Max Collage, as I continue to try to process my deep grief for my beloved husband, Maximillian Lobkowicz di Filangieri (11/8/1943 – […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-purim-stpaddy/feed 9 https://drsusanblock.com/active-radio-6 https://drsusanblock.com/active-radio-6#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:44 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175743   by Dr. Susan Block If you’re too busy or overwhelmed by life or AI to listen to my sixth annual State of the Sexual Union address (2026), delivered live 2/14/2026 on Active Radio hosted by Hartley Pleshaw on WCAP-AM 980 – now available for your aural edification – here’s my single-word 2026 prescription for our very sickened society: Therapy. We need […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/active-radio-6/feed 19 https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2026 https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2026#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2026 17:04:59 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175706 by Dr. Susan Block. Happy New Year, Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners… though frankly, I’m not too happy about it. Old 2024 may have been an Annus Horribilis, but 2025 marked The End. Finis for me. That is, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, my beloved husband of 33 years, publisher, producer, muse, witness, sweetheart, […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2026/feed 26 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-winter-holidays https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-winter-holidays#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:48:14 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175673   by Dr. Susan Block. You could say I have a collage fetish. Like a sexual or sacred fetish object that both soothes and stimulates the fetishist, I find that making collages both soothes my grief for Max and stimulates my memories of our wild and beautiful life together. Making collages is also my way of […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-winter-holidays/feed 10 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-france https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-france#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:39:08 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175663 by Dr. Susan Block. Travels with Max were always a great adventure, especially in France. From the chic museums of Paris to the hot yachts of St. Tropez, from the Hollywood parties of Cannes and fine cafés of Toulon to the libertine clubs of Toulouse, my darling Max loved France. Though he was born in […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-france/feed 12 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-show https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-show#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:57:13 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175637 by Dr. Susan Block. Forty years of Captain Max live on The Dr. Susan Block Show takes center stage on Max Collage 2: “On DrSuzy-Tv,” the second in “My Beloved Max: Collage Collection.” The word “collage” comes from the French coller, meaning “to glue,” and my digital collages of photos from the extraordinary life of […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-show/feed 13 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-family-history https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-family-history#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:27:10 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175603 by Dr. Susan Block. Collages are collisions of images and emotions. This “Family/History” collage is made up of images of my beloved Max, featuring his early life in Rome, Naples and Genoa, Italy; the great ship Italia that took Pr. Maximillian R. Leblovic Lobkowicz di Filangieri (11/8/1943 – 5/13/2025), aka “Mickey,” aka “Captain Max,” and […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-family-history/feed 18 https://drsusanblock.com/rip-max https://drsusanblock.com/rip-max#comments Thu, 15 May 2025 04:37:23 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=170313   by Dr. Susan Block. Max is gone. My Great Love left his beautiful, long-suffering body yesterday at about noon PST, though I’m not sure of the exact time because I was crying too much to notice. Honestly, I am crying too much to post this, but I want to honor my darling Mickey now […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/rip-max/feed 113 https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2024 https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2024#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:01:47 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=110781 by Dr. Susan Block. It’s a New Year, Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners, a socially sanctified turning point in calendrical time with stirring possibilities that shimmer like GloFish in a pool of fresh clean water, awaiting my dive down into a future so bright that all you can see is my “Happy Nude Rear.” […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2024/feed 18 https://drsusanblock.com/aasect-enchantment https://drsusanblock.com/aasect-enchantment#respond Sun, 05 Jun 2016 00:06:03 +0000 http://drsusanblock.com/?p=54339 Dr. Suzy's Bonobo Way at AASECT in San Juan this Saturday, U.S. Presidential Candidate Tara Indiana Beats Trump on DrSuzy.Tv, Anal from the Annals, Gay Pride Bonobos & more in the Bonoboville News...]]> https://drsusanblock.com/aasect-enchantment/feed 0 https://drsusanblock.com/influential-movies-moviegoer https://drsusanblock.com/influential-movies-moviegoer#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:39:35 +0000 http://dev.radiosuzy1.com/?p=48937 https://drsusanblock.com/influential-movies-moviegoer/feed 0