Tag Archives: God
“Faith”
“Faith” What is the place of faith in a woman’s life or a man’s? In what should we have faith and when is it best to withhold it? As a small child, it’s been reported that I was standing on … Continue reading
Posted in academe, culture, desire, faith, femininity, history of ideas, life and death struggle, philosophy, political, psychology, relationships, the examined life
Tagged Ammon Hennacy, blind-faith, Catholic Worker, Catholic Worker Movement, Catholicism, Cherokee, Dorothy Day, Faith, French, Ghandi, God, Isle St. Louis, Jew, Jewish, Lower Manhattan, Midstream Magazine, North Carolina, pacifism, pacifist, pogrom, Quaker, reservation, Russia, unseen, W. H. Auden
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“Seduction”
“Seduction” Thanks to the “most interesting man in the world,” pictured above in the ad for Mexican beer, I don’t have to explain what I mean by “seduction.” Look deeply and fixedly into his eyes, ladies, and tell me nothing … Continue reading
Posted in culture, desire, erotic life, femininity, feminism, gender balance, history of ideas, literature, masculinity, philosophy, political, psychology, relationships, sexuality, social conventions, the examined life, the problematic of woman
Tagged classical antiquity, coquetry, courting, Creator, Flirting, girl, God, intimacy, Knesset, love, Marriage, Rabbi, relationships, Roman, Romance, seduction, sex, suitor, the most interesting man in the world, vulnerability, woman
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“Clothes”
“Clothes” Clothes are a much bigger subject than is generally supposed. I often say, “It doesn’t matter what happens, so long as you’re dressed for it.” I suspect more than a few women would agree with me. The work of … Continue reading
Posted in art, cool, culture, fashion, femininity, philosophy, political, social conventions, the problematic of woman
Tagged Adam, book of Genesis, Chanel, clothes, Clothing, Evil, fashion, God, good and evil, holy man, India, Indian Holy Man, naked, original sin, saints, social constraints, Vedic tradition, Video Games
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“Masculinity”
1899 | “Berth deck cooks aboard cruiser U.S.S. Brooklyn” | Edward H. Hart “Masculinity” Any woman still maintaining that the terms “masculinity” and “femininity” should be put between scare quotes, as mere social or grammatical constructs, is invited to walk … Continue reading
Posted in culture, femininity, feminism, gender balance, masculinity, philosophy, political, sexuality
Tagged Brooklyn, Colette, Femininity, Feminity, gender roles, God, jeune fille, Masculinity, Plato, Simone de Beauvoir, Vinca
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