Any collection like this will be incomplete, of course.
Still… in the world of pointless selfies it is worthwhile to see the true potential of photography.
Interesting to note also that many of these photographs were taken by amateurs. Doesn’t diminish their power.
Amanda
Excellent short video here…..I take photographs, I don’t write poetry.
But the process behind their creation is similar.
You do it with all senses aware, it isn’t just about light and vision.
Amanda xx
It’s not literally true that women in pornography are thought of as inanimate and unfeeling objects; if they were, then they would just as effectively be depicted as unconscious or unresponsive, as opposed to (as is more often the case) aroused and compliant.
Also, as the philosophers Martha Nussbaum and Leslie Green have pointed out, being […]
Deep in the core of our being there are the unconscious natural processes built in by evolution. These deep unconscious processes propel us to procreate or strut or think in certain ways, often impulsively.
Read more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/14/opinion/brooks-the-deepest-self.html?_r=0
“The issue isn’t porn, but the complete lack in our society of an open, healthy, honest, truthful dialogue around sex in the real world….”
From an article by Cindy Gallop.
Read more:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-08/14/cindy-gallop-open-letter
A new study confirms that couples, specifically, actually “share” memories. In addition to sharing them, partners who have a close and healthy intimacy even have far more vivid memories when they’re together than when they’re apart. Basically, the more you and your S.O. have sex, the more awesome your memories will […]
Myriad psychological, cultural and economic variables play a role in the frequency and expression of infidelity. But one thing is clear: infidelity is a worldwide phenomenon that occurs with remarkable regularity, despite near universal disapproval of this behavior.
Read more:
http://ideas.ted.com/2014/01/23/10-facts-about-infidelity-helen-fisher/
The article has an excellent reading list also!
Amanda
‘There are moments where I’ll be watching on a monitor [and say], “Oh, Joe, just move your hand up towards Anna’s breast. Good. And can you move your right thumb just a little bit …? Great. And then I’ll go, “Babe, babe, enjoy it.” I’m certainly talking to her as “babe.” “Darling, go for it.'”
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So why should going naked be such a big deal? Historians disagree on when humans first started wearing clothes – 100,000 years ago seems a reasonable guess – but broadly concur that, for 99 per cent of our time on Earth, nudity has been the norm, and that dressing for the sake of decency is […]
