First Male Ejaculation

I mentioned in class this week that I remember reading a piece in an undergraduate class, lamenting the fact that boys' first ejaculation isn't celebrated as a rite of passage. The work is called "Hands Off!: The Taboo Surrounding Males' First Ejaculation" and it's written by Loren Frankel. I couldn't find it anywhere online, so I'll bring my book with me next week in case anyone wants to make copies.

Conference @ UCLA: Sexuality and Gender Law (2/19 & 2/20)

I know it's short notice but I'm going to a few of these talks and thought you all might be interested: http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/programs/2010AnnualUpdate.html

Joan of Arc: coerced production of truths

Carl T. Dreyer's 1928 "Joan of Arc": talk about "extortion of confession".

"Wiggling It Around in Excrement"

This is also a great companion piece for "The History of Sexuality." What kinds of (homo)sexual pleasures is New Hampshire representative Nancy Elliot NOT engaging in when she describes anal sex under the aegis of "scientific" nomenclature?

Pasolini + Foucault

Pasolini's "Salo - 120 Days of Sodom" is a great filmic illustration for this week's reading, especially the issues of speaking (and listening) of sex in order to administer/augment/encode/master it.

just FYI

another workspace event tomorrow (sunday) evening at 6pm... "Treasures from A Lesbian Library"

"Homo miles"

Hey Diego - can you remind me where the concept of "homo miles" that you mentioned came from?