Writing Provocative Wrongs..
"Someday, after mastering the winds,
the waves, the tides and gravity,
we shall harness for the Divine
the energies of love,
and then, for a second time
in the history of the world,
man will have discovered fire."~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Technology, Love and Humanity’s Demise
Some relationships end without a proper start, leaving us with a memory of someone we wanted to know better, but didn’t. In my case, I met the one who got away in a class that required students to pair up … Continue reading
Posted in Provocations | Culture | Society, Relationships
Tagged ethics of sex, freedom, politics, sustainability
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On Courtesans, Skin Hunger and Sexual Healing
Nowadays, to call oneself a courtesan seems almost blasphemous to the herstorical truth of what that once meant, considering the delight to which Hafiz hints. In this Persian sages words, though pleasure certainly appears had by shy men and women … Continue reading
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Tagged artists & authors, freedom, sensual living, sexual healing, women
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When God Created Sex, She Smiled | Sexis Magazine
Sacred female sexuality, with its feelers in earth-based worship, meets resistance in dogmatic circles. The idea that woman with all her undulating curves and desires can cohabitate with formal religion creates waves of shock and awe shock, and conventional wounds … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, religion, sexual healing, sexuality, spirituality, women
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Tantra Tuesday | Conscripting the Sacred Breast
My breasts became powerful before I knew what to do with their influence, the fullness and fecundity of their development occurring at a time before artificial enhancement was the norm. I angst long before their arrival, much like many young … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, freedom, sexual healing, spirituality, women
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Indian Time | Anger Management the Antidote to Modern Living
There’s nothing swithe about Mark’s keen observations about time and troubles. He meanders to the point, but that’s the goal afterall, especially when we all could use a little more ‘O’ in our… One of my favorite pictures is of … Continue reading
Posted in Laugh Lines, Provocations | Culture | Society
Tagged freedom, friends & family, happiness, humor
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Polyamory, Monogamy and the Evolution of Love
There’s a deliberation going on in the sex-positive community, and sadly, it underscores just how much work needs to be done to advance the concept of sexual freedom. I’m speaking of polyamory vs. monogamy and the question of whether one … Continue reading
Goddess Archetypes | Virgin, Witch, Saint, Martyr
Look around and note a quiet and compelling cultural shift. In real time and in conjunction with the apparent demise of societal, political, organizational and communal structures, a quiet revolution is taking place; the resurrection of the divine Goddess, as … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, self image, sexual healing, spirituality, women
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Purity Myth and Other Sexual Deceptions
I still recall the first time I realized that the notions of virginity with which I’d grown up were a whole lotta bull, packaged prettily in pink and spoon fed via messages of false altruism, religion and fear. It would … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, freedom, happiness, intimacy & love, kisses, politics, romance, sensual living, sexuality, spirituality, women
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Spiritual Sexual Pariahs
“You are so lovely, and I’m a lonely, horny person who wants to have cyber-relations with you and we share at least 2 mutual friends, but since they don’t know me either, there’s no way for you to verify that … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, men, romance, sexual healing, sexuality, spirituality
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Licensed to Chill | On Diversity, Skimpy Mansuits and Life in the Middle East
“Perspective is about rethinking outdated paradigms, and coming to grips with life decisions that make no damn sense.” There’s nothing like seeing a man in a droopy white Speedo walk past you on the Lido deck to make you realize … Continue reading
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Fearless and Naked over 40 in Youth-Obsessed Culture
“Women over forty have a very clear picture of who they ARE, but a distorted idea of what they actually LOOK like.” – Jillian Todd, photographer One of the best-kept secrets of women’s lives is that as they age sex … Continue reading
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Tagged artists & authors, feminism, freedom, intimacy & love, self image, sensual living, women
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