Death is nothing at all ( Read more... )

"Now if Mitchell, a gay man, is comfortable enough with vag to eat one out, how is it that a hip, liberated woman like you isn't even comfortable with her own vag ( Read more... )

This quotation couldn't go anywhere else for fear of hurting feelings ... but not serious fear ... but most of you don't know these people, so it's a little less awesome to post it here. Nevertheless ( Read more... )

Most recent thoughts on this whole comment-storm can be found in the comments to 10/20. Although I can never quite tell from one moment to the next whether 180-degree change might be forthcoming, at this moment it feels like a good idea to lay off the LJ for a little. It is clear that I've been neglecting my responsibility as a friend to remember ( Read more... )

If you think that I was being self-absorbed, judgmental, and self-centered, well, you may be right-- I can certainly be all of those things-- but where does that come from? The "not sure I've ever been more ... by someone else than they are by me?" That is self-absorbed. I know that. I said that. It's also truly true. I get a lot of "Wow, ( Read more... )

Today I was all ready to leave campus when I spotted a guy I'd been meaning to approach. Sensing a good moment, approach I did, and then we talked for three hours, largely about Jesus but also about tangential sorts of things. Interesting dude. I'd seen him before near Lillis-- he's pretty recognizable, quite young and slim and dark, walks with ( Read more... )

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I just tried to study Spanish for two hours and actually studied for perhaps twenty minutes. The rest of the time I spent talking to my Spanish partner. This guy is freaking cool, people. I'm not sure I've ever been more curious about and intrigued and wowed by someone else than they are by me (and I know that's self-centered, but it's also the ( Read more... )

Have you been wondering what to get me for Halloween? This book will do:

http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/10/18/kipnis/index.html

"However, in the context of the hegemony of the Western scholarly establishment in the production and dissemination of texts, and in the context of the legitimating imperative of humanistic and scientific discourse, the definition of 'the third world woman' as a monolith might well tie into the larger economic and ideologic praxis of 'disinterested ( Read more... )