The Value of a Name
by AEfthymiou
Prior to being engaged, it never occurred to me that I would face the question of whether or not to change my last name. As naïve as that may sound, taking on the name of a man as my own “new” name never struck me as a question. To do so was the customary practice in the culture […]
To Be or Not To Be a Lesbian
by Advocate Staff
Being a lesbian is very tempting. Ask any straight woman (and I mean in particular women who have done the dating thing in New York for more than one year), and you will quickly find a secretly harbored desire to have been born a lesbian. This might seem to be an overly generalized statement, but it is true. Straight […]
Power/Games: Notes on the Politics of Sexual Role-Playing
by COrlando
A stripper I used to know liked to wax poetic on themes of Bill Clinton’s sexuality. His penis seemed to fly like an eternally burning Hindenburg through the cloudscapes of her imagination: “Man, I’d love to get my hands on Bill Clinton’s dick,” she’d growl with animal lust. “I’ll bet he’s got a big, curved dick that […]
Sexual Addiction is a ‘Secret’ Disorder
by Kimora
Many people don’t know what sexual addiction is. Some people even deny that it exists. However, from my work as a prison educator and an adjunct associate professor at John Jay College, it is clear to me that sexual addiction not only does exist, but that it has destructive potentials, just as drug addiction does. Patrick Carnes, […]
Ivory Tower Sex in Film: It’s a Joke
by HWhatley
WALT: Dad, what’s gradual school? GARP: Gradual school? WALT: Yeah, Mommy said that she teaches kids who go to gradual school. GARP: Oh! Well, gradual school is where kids go and then gradually realize that they don’t want to go to school anymore … Michael Douglas and Frances McDormand in Wonder Boys Films about the Ivory […]
Getting in Shape: No More Excuses, Tubby!
by CWojtkowski
Fitness and graduate studies shouldn’t be incompatible. Yet a glance at the student body reveals that Graduate Center students are overwhelmingly out of shape. Long hours of slogging through books, endless meetings and rigorous course loads leave little time to exercise — or so you think. I am writing to challenge common ideas about working out in hopes that […]
How to Use Your Vacuum to Save $$
by MWestbrook
Practical steps an individual can take to create an energy efficient apartment include: use reflection and thermal mass storage for passive solar applications, caulk-n-seal leaks to (and from) the exterior environment, install efficient lighting (fluorescent, LEDs, or low wattage), and replace old appliances with Energy-Star units. In the 1960s winterizing our rural west Kentucky home […]
A Quiet Injustice in China
by RGraham
I had known Maryann [the interviewee’s name has been changed] before, but decided to interview her so I could tell her story. Maryann recently immigrated to the United States. She is a member of a group of people living in a land blessed with energy resources. Because of her Muslim religion she and those like her have always been […]
Far From Manhattan, Woody Allen Unbends / Film Review: Match Point: Directed by Woody Allen
by AGehlawat
Scarlett Johansson and Woody Allen at Cannes “If the four of us are walking home over the bridge and then there was a person drowning in the water, would we have the nerve, would one of us have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save the person from drowning?” A Turing Test of […]
King Shlong on Bareback Mountain
Film Review: King Kong, Directed by Peter Jackson; Brokeback Mountain, Directed by Ang Lee
by TMonchinski
Oscar nominees Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain Two movies came out at the end of 2005 that a lot of people wanted to like. Peter Jackson was following up his smashing success with the Lord of the Rings trilogy and his fans were wondering, what next? After all, his pre – Lord oeuvre, including such […]
