What I've been reading

[sarahmichigan]

"Talk Dirty to Me: An Intimate Philosophy of Sex" by Sallie Tisdale. It's a series of essays on sex and desire and sexual politics, roughly arranged into four sections: Desire, Arousal, Climax and Resolution. A lot of the things she says are things that I've thought before, only she articulates them better. I really liked this book and recommend it highly to anyone who enjoys intellectual discussions of sexuality. Thanks to the friend who gave this to me!

and

"Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell. I'd heard summaries of this book along the lines of "Sometimes our snap judgements are better than long deliberation on a choice," and it made me skeptical because I know that often our snap judgments are biased by cultural baggage. But, actually, Gladwell does a great job of explaining when snap judgments are useful and how to combat just those sorts of prejudices. I'd like to read some critical analysis of his ideas next to see what the objections might be, but overall, I found this a fascinating read.

My full comments on both books here.

Comments

[mycroftca.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[seifaiden.livejournal.com]

I checked out "Talk Dirty to Me" and am currently reading it. Thank you for the recommendation, you know I could talk intellectual sexuality all day! Speaking of which, I'm hoping to visit Michigan next year sometime: absolutely nothing is set in stone or anything besides the idea is jammed in my head right now, but I would thoroughly enjoy the pleasure of your company.

I forget, did you ever read Julia Serano's "Whipping Girl"?

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

Yes, our guest bedroom is definitely open to you any time (assuming compatible schedules)!

I have not read the Serano book but will add that to my "To Be Read" list.