My first experience with the story of Eat, Pray, Love was watching the movie trailer, starring Julia Roberts. I thought to myself, “not another romanticized story of a white woman using other parts of the world for escapism and calling it self discovery”. But, I decided to give the real story, the book, a shot […]

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As we discussed in week 10, there was a pronounced gay scene in the late 1800s and early 1900s. As the distinct identities of heterosexuality and homosexuality became recognized and separated, gay men struggled to find a safe place in…

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The Sexual Revolution, as described by Beth Bailey in Sex in the Heartland, marks a historic shift in the way Americans viewed sex, and with it feminism, and gay liberation. Historians still debate whether or not there was a so-called…

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“Sexual freedom seemed sudden to many Americans, changes in sexual behavior had been gradual- even evolutionary” (Sex In The Heartland, p.136, Week 13 Module, Unit 1) After WWII, the United States was going through periods of growth. Growth as a country in terms of global power, growth as a society, and growing more diverse by …

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As the semester comes to an end, it’s fitting to talk about how social media has played a part in people’s sexual experiences. This is especially true since they are being used a lot more frequently during the coronavirus quarantine. Justin Bishop’s article on social dating apps like Tinder and it’s effect on the hook-up/dating […]

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