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...complete—a complete life.’”Professor Hildegarde Heynen of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and a current fellow at the Radcliffe Institute is completing an intellectual biography of Sibyl Moholy-Nagy. The architectural historian presented a lecture on the topic on Wednesday, Feb. 20.“First of all, Sibyl Moholy-Nagy had a very interesting and very exceptional life,” Heynen says in a telephone interview. “Second, she was very important in the ’50s and ’60s at a critic...
...complain listlessly about how their lives were being consumed by Tocqueville or Moroccan Dance Theatre. “You people are boring freaks. I will never wear a ragged Harvard sweatshirt every day as a symbol of my inner pain.” When my thesis on the beloved topic of Edwardian drama first started to get intense, I was excited for the wardrobe possibilities. I went to Lamont cafe every day and sashayed around in thigh-high boots and mini skirts. I imagined myself as a sort of Twiggy among the stacks. I listened to The Kinks. I learned...
...biannual “Sex Week at Yale, ” an interdisciplinary program that discusses sexuality in America. Founded in 2002 by Yale graduate Eric J. Rubenstein, the program serves to explore love, sex, intimacy, and relationships through seminars, concerts, a published magazine, and discussions centered around topics such as “The Chemistry of Love,” “The Female Orgasm,” and, of course, “The Great Porn Debate.” Among various celebrities of the love world, including Dr. Ruth and Mystery of VH1?...
...idea that sexual abuse even existed," she says. "Growing up and as a student nobody had ever discussed this subject with me." Kotb began extensive research on sexuality, realizing that "I was in total dimness." In the course of her French education and in her relatively liberal household, the topic of sexuality had simply been taboo...
...Kotb soon discovered a similar level of ignorance when discussing such matters among her peers, and found it odd that so little was known about such a vital subject - despite the fact that sexuality is extensively discussed in the Koran. She later completed a Ph.D. by correspondence on the topic "Sexuality in Islam," explaining that sexual gratification within marriage is an important component of Islam...