“Let’s move on to more pleasant topics. How was your week?” she asked, nonchalantly balancing a huge bowl of popcorn on her lap. We had spent several minutes discussing the order in which we should watch the films she had lent us. ‘Slow,’ I replied, still wary of the peace we had established a few…
Kategorie: The Readings
Review time: Why Are People Into That? A Cultural Investigation of Kink by Tina Horn
Prelude It wasn’t so long ago that I really devoured everything on the subject of kink and sexuality. This included the podcast ‘Why Are People Into That?!’, also known as ‘Ya(P)->T?!’. Once a week, producer and sex worker Tina Horn interviewed her respective colleagues from the BDSM scene. Each episode focussed on one topic relating…
Vanilla Readings
Another hobby of mine are (audio) books, enjoy my intellectual diarrhoea on the heard or printed word (this list will be updated over time) Non-fiction book – Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould – Aristotle’s Ladder, Darwin’s Tree: The Evolution of Visual Metaphors for Biological Order by J. David…
I read “Come as you are” by Emily Nagoski and here is what I learned… (Part II)
Two weeks ago we had Part I, now here is part two! Chapter 3 – Like, wanting and learning During chapter two I got the impression that getting or being sexually aroused is based on a wibbly wobbly homeostasis of feelings and circumstances. Nagoski calls this: Context. It is not very likely that one is…
I read “Come As You Are” by Emily Nagoski and here is what I learned… (Part I)
… or with other words: Welcome to another butchered book review. What were you expecting? But trust me, it is well-invested time. What is Come As You Are about? The shortest version I can come up with would be: this book explains the science behind (good) sex. A more elaborate version would be: this book…
A bad copy of a book review: Hello, Cruel World […] by Kate Bornstein
Quick side note: Hello, Cruel World – 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks & other Outlaws deals with some heavy topics, if you don’t feel like reading about something like that today just skip this post…