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Because I read this poem in my youth, and agreed completely. Like so many of the themes in CP Cavafy's poems, the message that it is a poet's duty never to fear the realities of sex became a guidestone for my intellectual life.
And I Lounged and Lay on Their Beds
When I went to that house of pleasure
I didn't stay in the front rooms where they celebrate,
with some decorum, the accepted modes of love.
I went into the secret rooms
and lounged and lay on their beds.
I went into the secret rooms
considered shameful even to name.
But not shameful to me -because if they were,
what kind of poet, what kind of artist would I be?
I'd rather be an ascetic. That would be more in keeping,
much more in keeping with my poetry,
than for me to find pleasure in the commonplace rooms.
This body type -- small but well-rounded breasts on a slim (but not skinny) frame with shapely hips and full thighs -- was the idealized body shape throughout the 1920s and early 1930s.
While libertines were busily producing vast quantities of erotic photography in salons in Paris, Madrid, and Berlin to satisfy the new, more liberal attitudes about sex and nudity throughout continental Europe, in North America, Alta Studios in San Francisco was producing art-quality erotica featuring some of the most beautiful models and dancers of the 1920s. Coming up, an assortment of Alta's fine erotic photography.
A talented rising star of the silent screen, Alma Rubens career was quickly destroyed by her notorious drug addictions, making her the subject of much media fascination, scandal, and bouts of institutionalization. This historic photo of her was shot shortly before her death from pneumonia.
Sorry about the in and out sound on last night's podcast. Now that the book's done, I'm going to dominate that damn studio interface. May even do a stand-alone this week just to experiment with the studio software myself. I'll let you know and maybe we can "do lunch" later this week. I've got a couple more mic options to try.
If you were able to listen to it all, however, you'll recall I talked about how desperately repressedresearch on sex has been for the past 100+ years, trailing all the other human/health sciences by decades in terms of advances because of the cultural anxiety and fear of sex which continually freezes funding for worthwhile research.
Here's a piece discussing some new advances in condom technology -- one of only a tiny handful of areas where we could be doing so much better. This new "origami" condom looks amazing.
Our civilization has explored outer space. We have cars that drive themselves. We've created a world connected by computers. But despite the astonishing innovations of the last 100 years, the latex condom remains woefully old fashioned. It practically hasn't changed since its invention in 1918. And I think we can all agree that condoms are universally hated—a necessary evil of safe, protected sex.
That bottom panel reads, "Soyez amoureuses et vous serez heureuses," which means "Be sensual and you will be happy." Oddly GREAT ADVICE from Paul Gauguin.
(CNSNews.com) –The National Science Foundation awarded a grant for $876,752 to the University of Iowa to study whether there is any benefit to sex among New Zealand mud snails and whether that explains why any organism has sex.
I am SO happy to hear that our government is spending money on studying snails to gain insight into the biology and evolution of sex. I still wait for the day when they openly support the scientific study of human sexuality but if we have more intellectual freedom with other species for now, so be it. Drown us in weird facts PLEASE! We need all the science on sex we can get.
But if you follow the link above, you'll realize they're trying to spin this as a waste of money! Huh?
Why does right-wing media continually jump on sex studies as if the devil himself is stealing your tax dollars? Simple: the scientific study of sex leads to new ideas, new insights, an affirmation of evolution, and proof of sexual diversity. That would be completely counter-productive for political agendas that want to promote ignorance, hatred, and fear. So they try to control the minds of the zombies they wish to enslave by acting as if spending money on arguably one of the most important aspects of human life is a waste of tax dollars.
Yes, it's true: education and knowledge cost real money. But in the end, ignorance costs infinitely more, not just in dollar terms but in terms of human health and happiness. Read this little gem about how abstinence education contributes to the pandemic of STIs in the US for one of the many social consequences of keeping people stupid about sex.
Want to know more about the science of sex and my opinions on evolutionary biology, and sexual intelligence? READ Vol. I of my trilogy -- the final section of the book is a guide to smart, ethical and evidence-based sexuality.
Not looking professional but definitely feeling really glad that we finally had the chance to meet, that's me plopped on top of the famous doctor, sexologist and author, Charles Moser -- all thanks to our superb hosts, Big P. and little p., at an elegant dinner party where everything and everyone was unspeakably beautiful.
Well, that took a bit longer than expected. Since you last heard from me when I was heading to an all-leather party, I hope you didn't think I had been kidnapped by gay leathermen and tied up in their dungeon. (Oh, wait, that was *my* fantasy, sorry.)
The party itself was divine and amazing, and I'll be posting various pics I snapped with my cell.
This is my favorite of the night: Fakir Musafar pretending to murder his beloved wife Cleo Dubois (who had fun screaming in her sweet French accent). Yeah, we sadomasochists, we are an interesting group. ;) Truly, Fakir and Cleo are an astonishing couple in their versatility and extreme intelligence. I hope to talk more about their work in coming weeks. So here they are, married 23 yrs, and still playing like kids together. I love them.
If I wasn't in SF having such a wonderful time with my leather brothers, I'd want to be in DC, among the sweet beautiful people standing up for equal rights.
Ah, the miracle that is the Internet. I get to meet some of the most fascinating people in the world. For example, below, Mr. Paul Johnson, who calls himself a "shy pornographer" and yet managed to get other people to expose themselves for cameras. WELL DONE, Paul! :) Thanks for the friendship!
welcome to paulsfantasy.com,“ I did it for the love of porn” website.
Porn History? Everything on this site is porn history including the best of the Golden Age.
A true pioneer of porn... I was at ground zero of the porn explosion holding the match.
Ah the classic "flip," the quintessential cool, mod 60s color and style, and those classic lines reminiscent of 1950s glamour and the sophistication of Jackie O. It's all so recherché.
"Care for a martini, darling?"
The hippies have arrived. Things are looser -- the schoolmarm's bun is coming undone, and the clothes -- now in psychedelic designs -- are falling off. Free love is far out!
"Come to Earth Mother."
But then...in 1969...did someone spike the water cooler? Blinding colors, sloppy work, vulgar everything, gruesome sex crimes. Sounds like someone had one bad acid trip too many.
Spectacular eBay find -- rare collector's portfolio of artful nudes published at the ascent of the Edwardian era, when the lusty liberal and socially progressive King Edward VII helped bring sex out of his mother Victoria's closet.
This book really tried to appeal to everyone, with mythological fantasy scenarios, abduction themes, bisexual and lesbian themes, centaurs (!!), and a full gallery of male nudes for gentlemen with a lavender pursuasion.
OMNI! NOMMIE!!
(note: the book title says children are included in the volume too but the vendor wisely did not publish any. Victorian adults only in pix below.)
Is it just me or is there something super-creepy about an organization that specializes in raising cows publishing advice for girls? Did the Beef Council put out a companion volume for boys?
As I wind down on volume 2 of "The Truth About Sex" trilogy, I'll be coughing up random bits of the research that's wandered through my consciousness these last 4-5 years of planning the books.
For volume 1, Sex and the Self, I turned up some wonderful creation myths. This one didn't make it into the book (I went with a kinder, gentler ejaculating god whose semen spurts created rivers) . Still, I thought you just might want to have the "spooge of Uranus" in your lexicon. I believe "foam" is their euphemism for big creamy gushes of cum. ;)
The next time Uranus came to make love to Gaia, which he did by stretching out all over the Earth, Cronus sprang up from his hiding place, brandished his sickle, and attacked and castrated father Uranus. Additional offspring sprang from the spilled blood and organ of Uranus: Giants, Erinyes (Furies), Meliae -- and most spectacularly, Aphrodite, who was born from the foam.
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