September 28th, 2009

Work and no play.

September 21st, 2009

Alex turns 21 :)

Alfred Kinsey

The biographical film Kinsey presents the life of the father of sexology, Alfred Kinsey. From the clips shown in class we can gather that Kinsey would be a believer of Seidman’s four ideas of sexology. In a beginning scene Kinsey recites to the class the six stages of the coital sequence: stimulation, lubrication, erection, increased sensitivity, orgasm, and nervous release and follows with huge projections of male and female genitalia. These stages and sexual organs are part of a biological sequence that happens in the human body and can further show support of the first and second ideas of Seidman’s; that we are born with a sexual nature, and it is part of a biological and genetic makeup, and that sex is the core of what it means to be human, that our sexual drive is no less basic then our need to eat or sleep. In the scene where Kinsey is performing his famous sex interviews, Seidman’s third and fourth idea of sexology is presented. During this scene a handful of people are individually asked personal questions about their sex life. Not only did each fast-paced answer share that they indeed engage in marital or pre-marital sexual activity, answers also went deeper into sex acts that are seen as especially abnormal in society (one man admits to have intercourse with a pony). These instances further show that sexuality is a driving force in human behavior and also in a sense contradict the fourth idea of Seidman’s that sexual instinct is by nature heterosexual with the representation of the relationship of the man and the pony.
These interviews along with Kinsey’s taxonomist mindset and sex questionnaires challenged many commonly held ideas about sexuality in a scientific and statistical standpoint. When Kinsey proposes to the representative from the Rockefeller Foundation to fund his project, Kinsey says “The only way to study sex with any scientific accuracy is to strip away everything but the physiological”. This scene and line shows the beginning of Kinsey’s great journey into sexual behavior, and in some ways the beginning of a social threat towards the conservatives presenting data that could shake society’s view of marital sex.

September 13th, 2009

Toi Et Moi

By Aquirax Uno

September 8th, 2009

North

September 7th, 2009

19

September 2nd, 2009

I'm really enjoying college so far. Although some of my foundation art classes aren't ideal settings for conceptual or creative approaches, I'm still pumped to learn new skills and hell, I still will bend the assignments to my liking. Mm, there is much work and assignments to be done too.

The whole socializing process has been a bit of an experiment for me. (in a good sense)

First College First Friday this Friday! (what a mouthful) I've been patching up a black dress Alex found in his carriage house to wear while selling prints. We think it is from the 40s-50s. It's uber goth with it's frayed edges and black mesh backing.

My Birthday is on Monday, hm.

Some readings and assignments for Human Sexuality:
"Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School"
"Sex and the Fairy Tale"
"Selling Hot Pussy: Representations of Black female Sexuality in the Cultural Marketplace"
Analysis of Silence of the Lambs
"Women's Sex Toy Parties: Technology, Orgasm, and Commodification"
Reading Pornography: "The Surprise Party" and "A Dash of Vanilla"
"Cuntist Mystique"

Love it.

This Is Not a Book

This Is Not a Book by Keri Smith
Keri Smith's Site

Kinda cute.
& don't panic, a more personal update coming up soon.