As some of you will know, I recently had my DNA tested ( Read more... )

Back in 1981, I attended the very first Women and Buddhism conference in the United States, held at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. This gathering became quite explosive, as women from Zen centers spoke up about the sexual power abuse perpetrated by their male teachers, and asked for help with this perennial problem ( Read more... )

On the Four Practices and the Four Features of true love and commitment...

To commit to another person is to embark on a very adventurous journey. There is no one “right person” who will make it easier. You must be very wise and patient to keep your love alive, so that it will last for a long time ( Read more... )

Le 29 mai dernier, l’artiste Deborah de Robertis plasticienne, qui travaille sans cesse la question des rapports homme / femme, artiste / galerie, prostituée / client, a choisi d’exposer son sexe au Musée d’Orsay, juste en dessous du tableau de Courbet, l’Origine du monde. Explications ( Read more... )

On March 24, World Vision announced that the U.S. branch of the popular humanitarian organization would no longer discriminate against employees in same-sex marriages ( Read more... )

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Quand on a vécu dans le prolétariat, le vrai, on peut difficilement se payer le luxe d’apprécier au second degré un objet venant de cette culture. C’est pourquoi ma mère déteste mon sofa turquoise des années 60 en vinyle : durant son adolescence, elle l’a vu trop souvent dans les maisons de ses copines. À cette époque-là, les ouvriers commençaient ( Read more... )

"...[We] are relying on the courts of law to determine what is legal and what is illegal, to ensure social peace and to manage the boundaries of acceptable behavior. While they were founded on freedom and individualism, our postmodern democracies are thus becoming, even in sexual matters, more repressive than were most of the traditional societies ( Read more... )

(Original essay by Albert Jay Nock...)

"While in Europe last year I read the newspaper account of a rather commonplace and squalid drama of passion that ended in tragedy. A petty nobleman's young mistress had become difficult and exacting; he discarded her; she tried to force herself into his house for an interview that he had refused her; his ( Read more... )

(Original story by Paul Ford at The Morning News...)

"When it is complete you screw on the forest-green lid, write your name and your wife’s name on the label, put it all in a biohazard bag, and ring the buzzer. Along comes a woman, another nurse. She takes the bag and holds it up to the light. If you read the paperwork there is a request that you ( Read more... )