Posts tagged human sexuality

San Francisco May Become First City...

By Prerna on October 22, 2008
San Francisco May Become First City in the United States to Decriminalize Prostitution

And Michael Foucault wishes from his grave that he could have lived 25 years more had it not been for his misadventures in Iran. (Hey, I love Foucault) The jibe was in reference to his opposition to the repression of human sexuality and how governments had made... [+]

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22Oct

The Sexist Politics of Online...

By Prerna on July 17, 2008
The Sexist Politics of Online Censorship

Youtube has a strict policy of banning boobs or nipple show (unless we are talking educational material like self-examination – Actually on that note I am even going to defend the educational value of love scenes but not here). Getting to the point, someone please... [+]

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17Jul

Indian women will appear as exotic...

By Prerna on July 7, 2008
Indian women will appear as exotic nurses in an American mini web series of 50 episodes.

Can I say, Finally? It is too that most of Hollywood does not portray women in a positive light. I can already hear protests all the way from the regressive people of India who cannot even take the new modernized version of the Mahabharata without... [+]

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07Jul

Michel Foucault - References and...

By Prerna on June 25, 2008
Michel Foucault – References and Works

It’s officially 24 years since the death of great French social critic, Michel Foucault (yea yea, my favorite). Anyway, the following is a list of Foucault books and resources that I have been able to locate on the internet and referencing here for educational, non-commercial... [+]

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25Jun