In case you were wondering
First off, here's Neil Gaiman explaining what the hell Boxing Day is:
(Basically it's the day you eat leftovers and sprawl a lot, named after the Victorian custom of servants getting their holiday "boxes" -- gifts of money -- the day after Christmas.)
Parentheses left in because it was a parenthetical remark.
Next up, Dr. Maulana Karenga explaining what the hell Kwanzaa is:
[Kwanzaa was created t]o introduce and reinforce the Nguzo Saba, the Seven Principles and through this, introduce and reaffirm communitarian values and practices which strengthen and celebrate family, community and culture. These seven communitarian African values are: Umoja (Unity), Kuji-chagulia (Self-determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), and Imani (Faith).
Well, that's part of the response to the question, "Why was Kwanzaa created?" There's more at The Official Kwanzaa Web Site , if you wanted to know it.
And finally, Hanne Blank explaining what the hell Giggling Into the Pillow is:
Don't let any of your right-wing acquaintances see this book: they might get the idea that sex is supposed to be fun, and God only knows what would happen then. This book sucks! (And if you think that's an insult, you really need to read the book.)
Any questions? Comments?
Comments
What gives anyone the idea that conservatives don't have fun with sex?
Posted by: Gary Utter | December 29, 2002 4:13 PM
Well, judging from the numbers and types of sex questions I get as a columnist from people who self-identify (without prompting) as "conservative" in various political/social ways -- lots.
Judging from what I am told about the backgrounds of the people who talk with me about the problems they have with their sex lives in my role as a professional sex educator and consultant -- lots.
Judging from the current administration's firm committment to never, ever allowing school sex educators to discuss issues of sexual pleasure (or even safer sex, for whatever something silly like that would be worth) -- lots.
And judging from the stories I used to hear when I was working as a professional dominant -- lots.
Though you've got a point. Sexual problems are certainly not limited to the conservative folks.
And, in the interest of full disclosure, it is true that when various Republican politicians and people working in various socially/politically/economically conservative positions came to me in my professional capacity as a dominant, I made damned sure they had a hell of a lot of fun. Just as I try to help people now, regardless of hangups political, social, sexual, or otherwise.
It's a buisiness doing pleasure with people.
Love,
Your source for politically nonsectarian comprehensive sex ed and occasional bouts of ecstasy since, oh, sometime in the late 1960s.
Posted by: hanne | December 29, 2002 4:25 PM