Category: Wider issues and society
Posted in Book reviews Culture and sexuality Literature Politics and current affairs The Orient Wider issues and society
Catch-up: Nine book reviews
Nine book reviews to catch up on what I’ve been reading and enjoying while taking a bit of a break from blogging.
Posted in Culture and sexuality
The crisis of straightness
Intimacy is on the sharp decline among other-sex attracted persons, but not same-sex attracted persons. The fundamental assumption held for generation upon generation that men and women have an unmovable need to have sex with one another is being rapidly exposed as too simplistic.
Posted in Politics and current affairs
Reasonable Radicals Down Under: Dr. Cornel West vs. Douglas Murray
After attending a debate between Douglas Murray and Dr. Cornel West in Sydney I learned some things: The debate was compelling and presented a template for how even quite radically different intellectuals can disagree and still find mutual respect.
