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#MeToo, of course

I’ve been telling myself over the last few days that I need to write a blog. As the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment/assault/rape scandal appears to rock Los Angeles, as well as (perhaps) the rest of the United States, and woman after woman steps forward to...

Hey Guys, Carpe That Fucking Diem Already

Want to know what’s wrong with dating in LA? Well, here’s one of the things that’s wrong with dating in LA — and I think it’s a guy thing. In the last couple days, one guy told me that I was intimidating. And another guy told me that,...

Tom of Finland and the Politics of Sex(uality)

Tom of Finland, Untitled, 1962, ToFF Cat. #62.27, Collection of Volker Morlock, © 1962 Tom of Finland Foundation There is a scene in Dallas Buyers Club where Matthew McConaughey’s character goes into a gay bar to conduct some business. As he’s standing in the...

Honesty in Dating, R.I.P.

In my Critical Thinking class, I routinely assign an essay about Herman Rosenblat. (For those who haven’t heard about him, he wrote the book Angel at the Fence, which he claimed was a true story about his experiences during the Holocaust but which turned out to be...