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Sex in the News

Jamye Waxman
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Why anal sex can make men more thoughtful lovers, the NFL and sexism (again), a feminist porn star shares her story, and more in this week's update. (more)

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Dear Woman (and Man)

John X
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The "Dear Woman" video is a one-sided communication, channeling a collective spirit of man speaking to woman.  While it may seem presumptuous, and the concept might be confusing, I've been surprised by the backlash, which seems to reflect how major a transition we are facing. (more)

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The Not-So-Comfortable Concentration Camp

Nick Meador
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Propaganda tactics developed during World War I are now the foundation for our entire addiction-based consumer system. The dehumanizing force we now call "public relations" has been targeting demographic groups since the 1920s, starting with the American housewife. (more)

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Mother Tongue, Manatee and Archive: A Feminafesto

Anne Waldman
aneethumb.jpgI invoke "wild mind" and the "crazy wisdom" of Buddhist Tantra.  Wild mind is elegantly self-disciplined and like wilderness, it is without a management plan.  As Gary Snyder notes, "The practice of the wild inspires an etiquette of freedom. It is actually beautiful to care for things." I feel it in my larynx -- in my thrust toward language -- it is beautiful to care for things. (more)
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Masculine Spiritualities and the Problem of Patriarchy

Joseph Gelfer
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Since the 1990s there's been much interest in a "masculine spirituality" that offers little more than a thinly veiled patriarchal spirituality. The mythopoetic, evangelical, and Catholic men's movements all promote it, in various forms. Can we envision a masculine spirituality that resists old, patriarchal tendencies? (more)

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