The Morning After: Postfeminist Sexology Edition
* The new Hillary Clinton, New York Senator-to-be Kirsten Gillibrand, already has jealous Congressional wolves circling her freshly appointed carcass in the hopes of gaining the seat that is not yet officially hers, in 2010 [via Newsday].
* The New gay tells President Obama what to do. TNG was also nice enough to profile the Sexist in last week's featured blog spot. Thanks!
* Slate reviews Daniel Bergner's The Other Side of Desire:
He selects four areas: foot fetishism, sadomasochism, pedophilia, and an obsession for amputees. In each case, he finds and follows a devotee. In the process, Bergner does what science cannot: He illuminates peculiar longings. His method is at first descriptive and finally poetic. The message of the book is in the interplay among personal narratives that prove alternately bizarre and mundane.
* The New York Times Magazine piece suggests that a "generation of postfeminist sexologists" are beginning to unlock the mysterious sexual desires of women. But who will unlock the mystery of what a "postfeminist sexologist" is?
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3:18 pm
Wouldn't a post-feminist be someone who sees the term "feminist" as creating a box that may create unnecessary or counter-productive ideas when considered in the context of what us plebs normally consider "feminist"? The whole, "by defining it, you have ruined it" theory?
Maybe I just like post-things. I deemed myself a post-atheist while listening to some post-metal and enjoying a post-dinner drink. :P
3:27 pm
Thanks for the post-post! I think you're right on post-feminist ... I'm just not sure how that applies to the psychologists in the NY Times story. They're scientists with a particular interest in female sexuality, but I'm not sure why we gotta situate them on the feminist spectrum. I think they're post-ruined it with that one.