Tag: colombia
Spicy = Hot? Female Sexuality and Capsaicin Content
Are spicy things sexy? Well, it’s hard to say, really. Not here in America Latina, por lo menos. There are separate words for hot (caliente) and spicy (picante) and while caliente has overt sexual overtones, picante generally does not. . . at least in the places where I’ve lived. Then again, Colombia and Costa Rica [...]
Posted: March 8th, 2009 under Female Sexuality, agency, sex, sexuality.
Tags: agency, caliente, cancer, Chinese, colombia, costa rica, diabetes, female, heat, hot, idiom, latin america, mandarin, Orientalism, pepper, pepper spray, peppers, Peru, picante, sexual, sexy, spice, spicy, spicy girl, translation, unoriginal, video
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Geek Chic: One Time for Your Mind
Geek chic is in. Even the New York Times knows it. While in previous years that would mean that it’s already passé, Obama has ushered in a celebration of the passé – both a revival of the cult of the individual and a trumph of sincerity. I know that it’s odd to label the onset [...]
Posted: February 11th, 2009 under Female Sexuality, agency, gender, objectification, politics, sex, sexuality.
Tags: abstinence, cartagena, chic, chick, colombia, couric, dorothy parker, economic crisis, fetish, fey, gay rights, geek, geek chic, geek chick, glasses, hay festival, human rights, impressions, intelligence, jeff richmond, lesbian and gay rights, lesbian rights, machismo, martin amis, mccain, Misogyny, obama, objectification, orgasm, polls, sarah palin, sex, sex education, sexual revolution, sexuality, sexy, suicide, summer of love, Tina Fey, virginity, women
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Take Some Theory and Call Me in the Morning: Obama vs. Foucault
There’s something fishy going on. Tonight, at dinner, through a mouthful of fried fish, my host brother Julio Cesar said that he was surprised that a Black man had gotten so far in elections in the United States. Julio tried to throw it off casually, but the remark perfectly captures what I think is one [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Foucault, american dream, american history, obama, power, power structure, repression, the man, theory.
Tags: american dream, barack obama, black, black people, change, civil rights movement, colombia, dnc, Foucault, history of sexuality, michel foucault, michelle obama, obama, politics, power, power structure, president of the united states, presidential election, repression, the man, the people, theory, transgression, victory
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And I'm Out…
Instead of continuing to update this week, I’m going to take a bit of a break, because I’m not only a secretary to the spirit of feminism and egalitarianism everywhere- I’m also peacing out to Colombia… that is, if “peacing” is the right verb for travel to a place where 90% of the GDP is [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2008 under egalitarianism, feminism, secretary.
Tags: colombia, egalitarianism, feminism, lame excuses, meta, secretary
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