wo in paris ging baudelaire mit seiner schildkröte spazieren?
in den pariser passagen
auf die antwort wurde eine gute minute gewartet und das schweigen wurde mit erstaunen entgegnet. denn der zusammenhang mit kulturwissenschaftlichen theorien ist eindeutig.

I was a little intimidated to post my thoughts about this article Gay Men Respond Differently to Pheromones in postqueer, where I first read it, so I will write about it here.( biological explanations of sexual behavior )

Hooray for alterna-porn! A further way to procrastinate for hours on end, just like finding new music on epitonic and longing for CDs which I will never be able to afford. I'm incorrigible.

Jellies are making a comeback!

ready to kill for an adventure or at least some decent mexican food.

( life in Germany and on a deserted island, fandom, and kontrasexuality )

Reflecting on babysitting has led me to remember this babysitter my brothers and I had. Her name was Peggy and she had this shock of curly, orange hair. I have no idea how old she was, but probably in her early 50s. She would always come on her bike with the AA stickers on it. I remember wondering what "Easy does it" meant and why you'd have a ( Read more... )

I really liked that movie when I was about 10. Embarrassing. I have no business babysitting kids. Today I caught myself explaining my aesthetic theories to a 4 year old. Okay, I'm exaggerating, but we were making those things with the colored plastic beads that you arrange on a pattern of pegs, like stars, hearts, circles and then you iron over ( Read more... )

The professor for my cultural studies class is the worst professor I have ever encountered. And she's a full professor - not easy for a woman in Germany in a somewhat conservative German department. No syllabus, doesn't take attendance, didn't take down anyone's names for the groups who are supposed to report on specific texts in each class, ( Read more... )

lamenting the disappearance of the hyphen from American English orthography