A Paris Salon, by Linda Leith
The translation of this vivid scene is by Helen Constantine, but who wrote the original?
The translation of this vivid scene is by Helen Constantine, but who wrote the original?
Because one of the things that happens – and I cannot believe we do this as a society – is that there’s a decision: Is this a penis or a clitoris? If it’s decided it shouldn’t be a penis, then it’s removed. So, whatever it was, it could feel stuff, right? Whatever it was, it was the source of sexual ecstasy for that child’s future. And as part of our comfort level with being a society that wants to have no ambiguity, we don’t even think about that.
Watching an insurrection from afar is not all it's cracked up to be. Lukas Rowland contemplates the chaos in Washington and if he'll ever be able to go back home again.
Salvador Dali's images of The Divine Comedy in Antigua, Guatemala
Canto 13: The Wood of the Suicides:
“Look well, for here one sees things which in words would be incredible.