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PODCAST | Suzanna Danuta Walters discusses the ‘Sabotaging of Gay Equality’
The author of the provocative cultural critique, ‘The Tolerance Trap,’ joins us in a lively and revealing discussion on Rag Radio. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 30, 2014 Our Rag Radio podcast features Suzanna Danuta … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Cultural Critics, Gay Liberation, Interview, LGBT, Podcast, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, Sexuality, Suzanna Danuta Walters, The Tolerance Trap, Thorne Dreyer
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Jonah Raskin : Sex on Campus and Ulysses Un-Seen
Censored image from Ulysses Seen. Graphic from Literature R Us.Girls Lean Back:Sex on campus,And the ongoing appeal of pornography By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / June 15, 2010 Don’t the censors of sexually explicit materials get it? Well, … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, Censorship, Education, James Joyce, Jonah Raskin, Literature, Obscenity, Pornography, Sexuality, Ulysses
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Big Pharma : The Orgasm Scam
‘Restless Vagina Syndrome’:Big Pharma’s newest fake disease By Terry J. Allen / November 9, 2009 It’s not your fault, ladies (and certainly not your partner’s), that you don’t orgasm every time you have intercourse, or that you lack the libido … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Pharma, Marketing, Pharmaceutical Companies, Sexuality, Women
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And Sunglasses Don’t Help
Senator Larry Craig of Idaho and his wife, Suzanne. Photo: Troy Maben/Associated Press.Rules of the WrongedBy Maureen Dowd / June 30, 2009 Stay focused, ladies. Here is The Practical Guide to Help Spurned Political Wives Survive Old Problems in the … Continue reading
On Cumming and Going : RIP, Grasshopper
David Carradine as Shaolin monk Caine from 1970’s tv series “Kung Fu.” Apparantly there was one habit he didn’t kick. Photo from Hulton Archive / Getty Images. Auto-erotic asphyxiation is quite common, but is usually kept quiet when the deceased … Continue reading
David Carradine’s Death, and Bizarre Memories from a Reporter’s Early Years
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. I had never seen anything as ghastly. His upper body was pasty white. From about his pelvis down, the flesh was a dark port color. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Consumerism: Leading the Life of the Peacock
Graphic: Viktor Koen.Message in What We Buy, but Nobody’s ListeningBy John Tierney / May 18, 2009 Why does a diploma from Harvard cost $100,000 more than a similar piece of paper from City College? Why might a BMW cost $25,000 … Continue reading
When It Comes to Combating Teen Pregnancy, the Palin Family Has Done Enough Damage Already
Bristol Palin attends the Candie’s Foundation town hall meeting on teen pregnancy prevention at TheTimesCenter on May 6, 2009 in New York City. Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images.Bristol Palin’s New GigBy Gail Collins / May 6, 2009 “Just because you’re wearing … Continue reading
Economic Stimulus : Try Whips and Chains
Graphic courtesy of The Daily Beast.Kinkonomics: With staff jobs evaporating and former nine-to-fivers cobbling together incomes through scattered side projects, freelancing as a dominatrix — or “pro-domme,” as industry types prefer to call it — has become a plausible gig … Continue reading
BOOKS / Edward Carpenter : A Life of Liberty and Love
A Pioneer’s Life Richly Rendered:Sheila Rowbotham offers the comprehensive, critical, contextualized biography Edward Carpenter deserves. By Doug Ireland Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and LoveBy Sheila Rowbotham / Verso / 565 pages, $39.95. When Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) broke free … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Gay Liberation, Homosexuality, Poets, Sexual Freedom, Sexuality, Social Activism, Socialism, Writers
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Quickie Questionaire : How Long Have You been a Heterosexual?
The Heterosexual Questionaire : Turning the other cheek.The Heterosexual Questionnaire was created back in 1972 to put heterosexual people in the shoes of a gay person for just a moment. Questions and assumptions made of Gays and Lesbians that are … Continue reading
Abstinence Only : Sex Education as Politics
Annual funding for abstinence-only is close to $175 millionBy Scott Murray / October 1, 2008 When Alfred Kinsey published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948, he included a stern word of caution to his readers: “as long as … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstinence, Bush Administration, Christian Right, Public Morality, Sex Education, Sexuality
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