“The Lady’s Dressing Room” (1732) and the Nature of Sympathetic Love
“Oh! Celia, Celia, Celia shits!“ I had first encountered Swift’s cutting poem “The Lady’s Dressing Room“ as an undergraduate English major in a class being taught by an adjunct who wasn’t much older...
View Article“The (Almost) Perfect Guide to Imperfect Boys” and Indoctrination to the...
When I wrote my very first blog post on the “unequal nature of equality,” I highlighted the significantly different ways in which men and women view each other stemming from how the message of equality...
View ArticleEverything as Sexual Strategy and Ugly Harper Lee
Sexual strategy is like that scene at the end of Wargames where Joshua the computer tries to launch nuclear weapons and start World War 3; the computer cycles-through launch codes quickly while keeping...
View ArticleThe Human Animal and “Of Mice and Men” (1937)
“You give me a good whore house every time. A guy can go in an’ get drunk and get ever’thing outa his system all at once, an’ no messes”- George Milton, Of Mice and Men Compared to male sexuality,...
View ArticleThe Implicit Nature of Truth and Ugly Shirley Jackson
“Conceal your intentions”- Law 3, The 48 Laws of Power The summer between high school and college presents a beautiful, uniquely modern, netherworld- the intersection of hope and accomplishment. A...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....