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The Supreme Court, Gays, and the Death of Marriage
I stopped blogging about gay marriage a while ago because I had become tiresome on the subject. I was just reiterating the standard arguments in favor so what’s the point? I figure the current Supreme Court docket provides me a last … Continue reading
Pucker Up
One thing I have learned from the press coverage of all the recent political developments regarding gay marriage is that I don’t enjoy looking at pictures of same sex newlyweds kissing. Sure if I was a photo editor I’d run … Continue reading
What a $lut!
Okay, it’s official: we all hate Ke$ha now. We will make leering jokes about her promiscuity despite the fact that the public image she has crafted for herself is already something of a joke about promiscuity. For the next couple … Continue reading
I For One Welcome Our New Female Overlords
How can you distinguish sexually confident straight men from simpering boys who are covering up their fear with a show of braggadocio? Show them Hannah Rosin’s “Sexual Freedom and Women’s Success” in which she contends that women’s social and economic empowerment inclines them … Continue reading
How to Undermine Traditional Marriage
Recently my wife told me about an acquaintance of hers who was very much in love with her boyfriend. They wanted to publicly acknowledge the fact that they had a committed relationship but stop short of full marriage, so they held a … Continue reading
Frank and Joe
There is another world where men have names like Frank, Joe, and Richard and women have names like Karen, Elizabeth, and Melissa. Men and women lead lives sometimes together and sometimes separate, though ultimately intertwined by romantic love. In this other … Continue reading
Gay Marriage
The truest form of traditional marriage would be between an ex-gay man and an ex-gay woman, because they would be doing it solely for the reproduction and self-sacrifice, and wouldn’t be enjoying themselves at all.
Two Quotes About Sex and Power
No creature needs to be threatened with death to act in accord with its own nature. –Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá, Sex at Dawn This comes at the end of a section in Sex at Dawn about the ardent, ceaseless … Continue reading
Spears Redeemed
I know I said no pop culture, but I just saw this review of Britney Spears’ latest album and can’t help myself. In it Slate writer Jody Rosen makes the claim that Spears is in fact a great artist. Specifically, … Continue reading
Beyoncé’s Bride Price
I’ve decided to steer away from popular culture commentary on Corner Cases because I feel like this topic is adequately covered elsewhere online, but that Beyoncé song is still getting airplay and I’ve got Sex at Dawn on the brain, … Continue reading
