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...saying no, as opposed to having to shut off some part of yourself and just have random sex. LC: I think there’s definitely societal pressure on women to be abstinent. Or if not to be abstinent, then to be guarded about their sexuality. Just on the topic of masturbation, girls are not encouraged to discuss it. Just think of all the terms we have for jerking off that we don’t have for girls. FM: If you had to give a piece of advice to Harvard students about their sex and love lives, what would...
...global warming has become a mainstream topic of conversation; daily we’re presented with news segments or articles discussing some facet of the world’s climate. We, the larger public, listened to Gore and others like him precisely because they’re not just attention-whores from D.C. Gore’s brilliant maneuvering, based upon meaningful change, proves that a political solution and mass collective action are not mutually exclusive...
...simple question: why do people—particularly artists, but others as well—choose the paths they do? Though the collection is necessarily a bit incoherent, Thurman’s consistently lively narrative voice compensates for any discontinuity. In each successive essay, Thurman takes on a new topic with equal ferocity, laying out for her reader the inner workings of the minds of artists, eccentrics, and politicians alike.Thurman opens her collection with “The Wolf at the Door,” a horrifying essay with a strangely hypnotic appeal. “The Wolf...
...policy allows for the transfer of detained individuals to another country where the laws regarding their treatment—including the use of torture—may differ from those of the United States. Extremely relevant in today’s post-9/11 atmosphere, exploring the topic through cinema is an admirable notion...
Both plays talk about life, politics, and religion in terms of performance and identity construction. It was such a relevant topic then, and it’s such a relevant topic now. People continually formulate and reshape how they represent themselves, and how they wish to be perceived...