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The Dharma of Fashion

If you crave fashion, make friends with your desire

March 30, 2020 • by Otto von Busch

It is said that on the eve of his enlightenment, the Buddha sat beneath a tree and was assailed by the demon Mara. Mara is literally “Death,” the personification of temptation and distraction. Using seductive images and ultimately doubt, Mara challenged the Buddha, distracting him from his goal of enlightenment. ...

The New Sex Wars: A Roundtable

Debating Liza Featherstone’s “Moving Beyond Misogyny: Why do they hate us?”

December 31, 2019 • by Claire Potter

Needless to say, perhaps, a lot of feminists – often younger men as well as women – were pissed. Although there were a number of appreciative responses, the reader had to wade through a mountain of outrage to get there. The essay was a “bizarre and a really frightening misreading of previous feminist movements,” ...

Sexuality and Agency

A course at the New School for Public Engagement

February 21, 2018 • by Ali Shames-Dawson

This course is an exploration of various perspectives addressing the enabling and constraining conditions for sexual agency. Beginning with the question of how we might define agency as a psychological construct, we chart a course along theoretical, empirical, ethnographic, autobiographical, and popular renderings of what it means to have -- ...

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The Dharma of Fashion

If you crave fashion, make friends with your desire

The New Sex Wars: A Roundtable

Debating Liza Featherstone’s “Moving Beyond Misogyny: Why do they hate us?”

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