Fridays Without Borders: Almost Masturbating in the Late ‘90s

rob white
5 min readApr 29, 2023
Not a sigma cable box. I didn’t look very hard TBH.

The fall. A magical time when the colours begin to change, people start to bundle up, and sexual journeys begin. For me and, I believe, for a certain generation, our local cable company’s annual Sigma Box promotion opened a carnal doorway. We didn’t have TV anymore. We had cable.

In the late ’90s, cable was like an amazing gateway. It allowed you to see what…

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Rob White is a Canadian-based award-winning filmmaker and part-time author. Follow him on Instagram @robwhitemakemakesstuff