The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan (2021)

The Conspiracy Against MenDefenders of “men’s rights” like to say that “Believe women” violates the presumption of innocence. But this is a category error. The presumption of innocence is a legal principle: it answers to our sense that it is worse, all else being equal, for the law to wrongly punish than ( Read more... )

The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan (2021)

The Right to SexIt used to be the case that if you wanted a political critique of desire, feminism was where you would turn. A few decades ago feminists were nearly alone in thinking about the way sexual desire-its objects and expressions, fetishes and fantasies-is shaped by oppression. The radical ( Read more... )

Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters by Andrew Morton (2021)

3 Love in a Warm ClimateAfter a thunderous blast of trumpets, the bride and her father entered the abbey. “I was so proud and thrilled at having you so close to me on our long walk in Westminster Abbey,” the king wrote to his daughter afterward. 45 At the exact ( Read more... )

Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History by Richard Thompson Ford (2021)

IntroductionThe canons of menswear dictate that a black-tie ensemble consists of a black or midnight-blue jacket with a peak lapel or shawl collar faced in satin or grosgrain, and pants with the outside seam covered by a silk or grosgrain stripe. If the jacket is ( Read more... )

Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History by Richard Thompson Ford (2021)

Part Three: Power Dressing
Chapter Ten: Slaves to Fashion?
SOUTH CAROLINA’S NEGRO ACT OF 1740 provided that

whereas, many of the slaves in this Province wear clothes much above the condition of slaves… no owner or proprietor… shall permit or suffer [any] Negro ( Read more... )

The Vietri Project by Nicola DeRobertis-Theye (2021)

Chapter Four
If something wasn’t perfect I’d always had the impulse to destroy it, a way of being in the world I was just beginning to see as childish (51).

Chapter FiveI wondered what had brought him and Laura apart. It was clear they’d once been as intimate as any couple I’d seen, I could ( Read more... )

The Address Book by Deirdre Mask (2020)

Introduction: Why Do Street Addresses Matter?Founded in 1874, the Universal Postal Union, based in Bern, Switzerland, is the world’s second-oldest international organization. The UPU coordinates the worldwide postal system (3 ( Read more... )