Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Links - Woohoo! (Because saying "Yay!" gets repetetive)

Review of a book that entertainingly deals with gender issuLinkes through the lens of exploring the lives of (gasp) real-live English lesbians from the WW1 era, some of whom made love to Virginia Wolf:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/books/review/a-book-of-secrets-by-michael-holroyd-book-review.html?_r=1&ref=books
By the way, great quote from the review "Love may sometimes lead to nudity".

Fascinating profile of a high-quality literary porn writer who's happily (and monogamously) married:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/magazine/nicholson-bakers-dirty-mind.html?_r=1&ref=magazine

A blogger takes the mickey out of "Real Housewives":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yashar-hedayat/real-housewives-women_b_901196.html?ref=fb&src=sp#sb=1870824,b=facebook

I find this both slightly humorous and slightly offensive:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-post-gender-normative-man-tries-to-pick-up-a-woman-at-a-bar

I haven't read this yet, but anything called "Do Women Like Sex" peaks my interest, even though I already know the answer (hell, yes!):
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor.html

As much as I like beating up the fashion industry, this sight allows one to buy shoes while supporting a good cause; for every pair of shoes you buy, a pair of shoes is donated to children who can't afford any. I think I read about in Oprah magazine, but am not 100% sure.

http://www.toms.com/womens/vegan?view=all

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