Category Archives: Sex

Tangle

Posted on May 30, 2020 by ubu507

Sexual desire is a profoundly individual tangle of physical and psychological actions and responses, and it’s inseparable from flesh and circumstance, from instinct and memory and culture. — Jon Pareles

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Book of the month from the Great Lakes Center for Literocity!

Posted on August 11, 2016 by ubu507
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From The Great Lakes Literary Arts Center

Posted on August 18, 2013 by ubu507

1971  

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Male Figure Before a Goddess Drawing Aside Her Mantle

Posted on May 14, 2013 by ubu507

Cylinder seal and impression Syria (ca. 1720–1650 B.C.) For the ancient Near East, the act of procreation symbolized creation itself. The female figure in this scene reveals only her pubic area as if to emphasize this idea of procreation rather than … Continue reading →

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Ecstasy

Posted on September 6, 2012 by ubu507
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Netsuke

Posted on July 3, 2012 by ubu507

Japan (made) early 19th century. The netsuke (a kind of toggle) depicts the goddess Okame holding the overtly phallic nose of the mask of a long-nosed tengu (a mythical creature). Quite aware of the suggestive nature of the long nose, … Continue reading →

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Tonight We Deride

Posted on June 21, 2012 by ubu507
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In Yab-Yum Mode

Posted on June 9, 2012 by ubu507

A gilded bronze figure of the Dharmapāla Yamari or (after von Schroeder 1981) Rakta-Yamantaka (ie Rakta [red]-Yamari [enemy of Yama]); in yab-yum mode Tibet, 17th Century The British Museum

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1972

Posted on June 23, 2011 by ubu507

What is the true nature of female sexuality? The noted psychiatrist Mary Jane Sherfey suggests the startling possibility that female sexuality is literally an insatiable physical drive that has been powerfully repressed for the sake of orderly human relations.   … Continue reading →

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