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27 Apr 2017

Why I Love Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1863)

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Édouard Manet: Le Déjeuner sur  l'herbe  (1863)  Oil on canvas, 208 x 264.5 cm Manet's controversial picnic scene, know...
26 Apr 2017

The Rape of Africa: David LaChapelle's Reimagining of Botticelli's Venus and Mars

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Botticelli: Venus and Mars (c. 1483) Tempera and oil on panel, 69 cm x 173 cm Botticelli's Venus and Mars  is an acknowled...
24 Apr 2017

Two Great Dancers in Two Unforgettable Pop Videos: Maddie Ziegler and Sergei Polunin

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Maddie Ziegler performing in " Chandelier ".  Vocals by Sia. Written by Sia and Jesse Shatkin. From the album 1000 Forms o...
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22 Apr 2017

In Praise of the Naked Mole Rat

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Photo of a naked mole-rat by Joel Sartore National Geographic Photo Ark Despite the fact that it is, in common parlance, fuck u...
18 Apr 2017

Self-Enjoyment and Concern Part 2: The Aesthetico-Ethical Case For Masturbation

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No wanker wanks twice    In his final book, Modes of Thought  (1938), Whitehead argues that life implies immediate an...
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Self-Enjoyment and Concern Part 1: The Moral Case Against Masturbation

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D. H. Lawrence and Rae Langton According to D. H. Lawrence, the one thing that it seems impossible to escape from, once the habit is ...
14 Apr 2017

Steven Shaviro on Warhol's Failure to Make Space

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Someone recently compared me to Steven Shaviro, the American philosopher and cultural critic. Whether this comparison flatters, insults...
12 Apr 2017

In Praise of the Ballet Boot (and Other Kinky Forms of Footwear)

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  Leather lace-up knee-length ballet boots  The so-called ballet boot is a style of footwear given us by the pornographic imaginat...
11 Apr 2017

In Praise of the Poulaine (and Other Forms of Pointed Shoe)

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Medieval dandy (c. 1450)   Although no one quite knows why, where or how the trend started, at some point in the 12th century, t...
9 Apr 2017

From Codpiece to Camel Toe Pants

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The codpiece was a popular male fashion statement in Renaissance Europe; attached with string ties to the front of the crotch, its pur...
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