Love, Mystery, and Irrationality
“Sexuality is a murky realm of contradiction and ambivalence. It cannot always be understood by social models, which feminism, as an heir of nineteenth-century utilitarianism,…
Moral belief as aesthetic stance
Susan Sontag believed that intellectuals should, must, take political stands. She was active in the movement against the Vietnam War. She tried, with passion and…
Inquiring Minds
Inspired by Saul Bellow's Humboldt's Gift, J. Bernstein asks as series of profound, some might say cosmic questions. To which R. Rosenfelt + M. Borkowski…
Therapy and the idea of the love cure...
...courtesy of a 1972 NYRB article by Ellen Willis that I've just read, called "The Fantasy of the Perfect Lover" (subscribers only, unfortunately). Ultimately Willis…