Vampires, Sexuality, and SciFi
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Vampires, Sexuality, and SciFi (I wrote this on Saturday night, but couldn’t post it due to a lack of internet access) I’m writing this blog post from Rye, New York, home to Lunacon – a science fiction/fantasy convention that I’ve attended almost every year since I was an infant. With Professor Benavides’ talk on Vampires […]
Vampires, Sexuality, and SciFi
Tags: fantasy, lunacon, porn, science fiction, sexuality, vampires, women
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Museum of Sex, Norton, Weeks
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Museum of Sex, Norton, Weeks I was struck by the condom exhibit at the Museum of Sex for two reasons. One, despite Talmudic law that prohibits the “waste” of semen, the two most largely used types of condoms – animal skin and latex – were invented by Jews (one American, one German.) This is as […]
Museum of Sex, Norton, Weeks
Tags: condoms, essentialism, homosexuality, museum of sex, porn, social construction
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Museum of Sex, NYC
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
The museum managed to create a traceable history of our modern attitudes towards sex. I especially liked how all of the exhibits (and items in the gift shop) were presented in an open and informative manner.
Museum of Sex, NYC
Tags: art, condoms, education, gender, identity, museum, porn, race, scientia sexualis, syphilis, violence
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