December 2009
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“Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.”
– Marlene Dietrich (via art-or-porn) (via debauchette)
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“The women poets I know are beginning to understand feminism as a sly term that...”
– Eileen Myles, via the Poetry Foundation
I love this description of feminism - Myles describes it not as a rigid set of rules but as a “moving abstract”, a constantly evolving way of looking at and interacting with the world.
(via thebronzemedal)
(via poetbabble)
(via genderacrossborders)
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“It appears that adults are reacting to young people in early and latter...”
– One of my favourite quotes from Gagnon and Simon’s classic sociological text, Sexual Conduct: the Social Sources of Human Sexuality.
Or in less academic terms, much of the panic surrounding the sexual behaviour of teenagers and young adults is a self-confirming figment of adults’ imaginations.
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Pulling on a Line - Julia Sherman
A short 16-millimeter film and the resulting still images called “Mother of All,” in which Sherman spins wool in a moonlit forest, is a meditation on spinsterhood and sexual prowess. In “Untitled Weaving Installation,” Sherman used a traditional loom to weave female relatives’ lingerie and silk stockings into a wall hanging.
Many of Sherman’s artist friends, peers and mentors see her as a...
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