Posts in: Sex
- On Westernized institutionalized sexism
- Westerners are quick to denounce customs in, say, the Muslim world that they perceive as limiting women. But in Germany, despite its vaunted modernity, a traditional perception of motherhood lingers. The half-day school system survived feudalism, the rise and demise of Hitler’s mother cult, the women’s movement of the 1970s and reunification with East Germany. Now, [...] [18 Jan 2010]
- My love life. Online.
- I know this post is a bit disjointed. I wrote it in a bit of a rush this morning because I wanted to put it out there while I felt inspired to do it. I learned this lesson the hard way. I blogged about my breakup that started in February 2007, here, on Vox, and on [...] [8 Sep 2008]
- Atlanta, GA: I Am My Own Wife
- I Am My Own Wife is a one-man play about a gay transvestite — Charlotte von Mahlsdorf — from East Berlin who survives both the Nazi and Communist regimes and creates a museum of everyday objects that served as a haven and meeting place for GLBT East Berliners until the 1990s. Actor Doyle Reynolds does an [...] [27 Jan 2007]
- Links for 2007-01-24: The NQSFW edition / The sex post
- Part of me has been tinkering with the idea of writing about sex on this blog. Sex permeates our our political and cultural spheres, and is loaded with race and gender implications. It’s something we all do — sometimes alone, sometimes not. And as far as I’m concerned, sex is a natural part of life, [...] [24 Jan 2007]