The Science of Stress, Orgasm and Creativity: How the Brain and the Vagina Conspire in Consciousness
“The more closely we analyze what we consider ‘sexy,’” philosopher Alain de Botton argued in his meditation on sex, “the more clearly we will understand that eroticism is the feeling of excitement we experience at finding another human being who shares our values and our sense of the meaning of existence.” But in his attempt to counter the reductionism that frames human sexuality as a mere physiological phenomenon driven solely by our evolutionary biology, de Botton overcompensates by reducing in the opposite direction, negating the complex interplay of brain and biology, psychology and physiology, that propels the human sexual experience. That’s precisely what Naomi Wolf, author of the 1991 cultural classic The Beauty Myth, examines in Vagina: A New Biography (public library) — a fascinating exploration of the science behind the vastly misunderstood mind-body connection between brain and genitalia, consciousness and sexuality, the poetic and the scientific. Wolf writes:
Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books of 2013
2013 has been truly awesome for new queer and/or feminist things to read. Here are some of the best ones. 10. How Poetry Saved My Life, by Amber Dawn
The Sacred Power Of Your Yoni (Full Body Orgasm, Cervical- & Multiple Orgasm)
About Me Mahasatvaa Sarita is a Tantra Master and author of two books on Tantra. She teaches Tantra for both couples and individuals in 12 countries around the world, working with a Team of highly skilled co-teachers.
Mapping Emotions On The Body: Love Makes Us Warm All Over : Shots - Health News
People drew maps of body locations where they feel basic emotions (top row) and more complex ones (bottom row). Hot colors show regions that people say are stimulated during the emotion. Cool colors indicate deactivated areas. Image courtesy of Lauri Nummenmaa, Enrico Glerean, Riitta Hari, and Jari Hietanen.
ILLUSTRATED SEXUAL ANATOMY – A DIFFERENT VIEW.
Sexual science, and even society today, views sex as a pleasurable activity. It is for many, and for many, not. Perhaps this is because we put the cart before the horse. The cart is pleasure and the horse is love. Even science focuses on sexual anatomy as structures or areas that produce pleasure.
Habits of Mind
THE INDIAN MEDIA IS LIKE pliable dough. It can be kneaded, punched, stretched and rolled in all directions. If overworked, it turns rubbery, dense and inert. And if the hands that knead it are dirty, it becomes impossible to separate the grime from the good. External pressures and internal pollutants jointly compromise the loaf.
Cliteracy 101: Artist Sophia Wallace Wants You To Know The Truth About The Clitoris
New York artist Sophia Wallace wants you -- and everyone you know -- to be cliterate. "It's appalling and shocking to think that scientifically, the clitoris was only discovered in 1998," Wallace told The Huffington Post from her Brooklyn studio last week. "But really, it may as well have never been discovered at all because there's still such ignorance when it comes to the female body." The clitoris, described as the only human body part that exists solely for pleasure, is not merely a little "button" hidden between a woman's legs, but rather a large, mostly internal organ many people don't know about, Wallace explains. According to a 2011 post by Museum of Sex blogger Ms.
India’s Post-Ideological Politician
The catch-all populism of Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party has proven politically expedient in India. Arvind Kejriwal is not a socialist. He’ll be the first one to say this.
